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Type 2 Brittle And Breaking Nails

drystoneradio

drystoneradio

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Lancashire
Type of diabetes
Type 2
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I've had T2 for about 10 years, My nails in the past couple of months have become very brittle and break at the least touch, I've even woken up in a mornings with a broken nail or two. Trouble is if my toe nails break, it means a draw of blood. can anyone advise please?
 
My advice would be to discuss with your doctor - nails can be a bit of a "canary in the coalmine" for health - apparently psoriatic nails are extremely common among diabetics. There are also a myriad of vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can be involved, hence the number of different "hair, nails and skin" supplements available - Vitamin A, zinc, iron and others.
 
Indy51 said:
My advice would be to discuss with your doctor - nails can be a bit of a "canary in the coalmine" for health - apparently psoriatic nails are extremely common among diabetics. There are also a myriad of vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can be involved, hence the number of different "hair, nails and skin" supplements available - Vitamin A, zinc, iron and others.
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Thank you :)
 
brystoneradio said:
My blood sugars are between 4.5 and 9.5...pretty good actually. My Hba1c's are 74 ...
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Hi,

Sorry to break it to you, but if your HbA1c is 74, then that makes your average blood glucose somewhere around 11.8mmol/l, and that is MUCH higher than ideal. (see chart below).

The NHS likes us to have an HbA1c of around 53 (which equates to 8.6mmol/l on average)

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The NHS likes us to aim for these blood glucose levels, because the higher our blood glucose goes, the greater likelihood of developing diabetic complications.

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