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What Causes Whitish Nail Beds And Missing Luna For Thumbs?

Posted on Thu, 19 May 2016

Question: My nail beds are white and the luna is gone except for my thumbs.

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Requesting you to upload an image.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I will request you to upload an image of the nails (along with that of the thumb). You can do so using the facility on the upper right of this page. Also let me know specifically the things you seek to know about it.

I shall wait for your response and based on it I will guide you further.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (18 hours later)

On top ofposible terrys nail fors the pointer finger look like its starting to club

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
It is just a normal finding

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. I have gone carefully through the images. It is not necessary that the Luna be visible for all the fingernails. It is as per the genetic coding and is different from Terry's nails. In your case you can think the luna to be deep seated (Luna ends even before the nail begins) and is frequently found in many individuals. You need not worry about it.

The nails do not seem to club. No need to worry.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar