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    hedlok Posts: 32, Reputation: 2
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    Oct 18, 2008, 04:25 PM
    Whitish fingernails
    Recently someone commented that I must have a heart problem because my fingernails are not pink like normal... I have had these nails forever and have heard this before. I have quarterly checkups for my diabetes (the nails were white 30 years before I was a diabetic) and my Dr. never mentions them. I have annual stress tests and echocardiograms that are always normal. So what do you think? Also, my hands are not cold or numb.
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    Oct 18, 2008, 04:32 PM
    Are you a smoker?

    If your nails are not bluish I wouldn't worry so much. It's the bluish tinge that signifies a circulation problem.
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