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I notice that my finger nails are loosing its pink colour and it turning white.i just do not know why?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Unsure: A nail that is detached from nail bed can be white. Other causes can be fungal infection or poor blood supply to nail from conditions like cirrhosis, diabetes, iron-deficiency anemia, chemotherapy, malnutrition, hyperthyroidism, or failure of organs such as liver, kidney or heart.

Answered 11/2/2018

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