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From: abc@brl-smoke.ARPA (Brint Cooper )
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: White Marks Under Nails
Message-ID: <5283@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 7-Nov-86 15:14:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  7 15:14:35 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Nov-86 06:29:20 EST
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Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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Keywords: Nutrition deficiency,fingernails


	I was told, once, that those white, horizontal (perpendicular to
tha axis of the finger) marks under the fingernails indicated a
nutritional deficiency.  I'm starting to show some of these marks and
haven't seen them since I was a child.  Also, I have had difficulty in
swallowing for two months.  

	Does anyone know if this tale is true?  If so, does it indicate
a particular deficiency or merely that something is out of balance.

-- 
Brint Cooper

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