I have recently been diagnosed with vasculitus of my fingers. It has been hard to continue with my love metalsmithing but I refuse to let lupus win!
Debbie, so sorry you are dealing with this. I hate to ask a personal question, but does this condition come and go for you or is it permanent as is? This looks exactly like my nails, only add splitting down into the quick on 2 of them. How did it get diagnosed? And, how are you treating it. It's started in my toenails too!
ohsoperolexed, don’t you worry about asking a question! My rheumatologist is the one who diagnosed it. I have never had it on my fingers before, that was the first time. Since being diagnosed, I’ve had it clear up with high doses of prednisone, 60mg only to have it come back as the dosage decreases. I have had trouble with one toenail but it’s a little different than this. It only effected the nail and not my skin around the nail. In fact my toenail has fallen off! I’ve been tested for fungus and didn’t have it. My rheumy has run all the blood test for clotting factors and one has come back positive, the Igg and Igm but apparently you have to run this test twice in 12 weeks and it has to be positive both times. But the doctor called it Vasculitus before running any tests. He just looked at it. I love my doctor and trust him very much. I guess he as saw this enough to know what it was. When I told him about my toenail he said that could have been vasculitus or something called “lupus nail”, not sure what that is? I hope you find out what yours is?
Hugs,
Debbie