Kidney Disease Warning Signs Your Nails Are Telling You - No. 4 Is Sneaky!

#seniorhealth #kidneyhealth #kidneydisease 🔗 The plan that's helped thousands of my patients live longer, stronger, and healthier after 60: https://doctorjohnmeyers.com/ More than one in seven American adults have chronic kidney disease, and as many as nine out of ten of them have no idea. Kidneys have no pain nerves, so they lose ground quietly, for years, without ever sending a signal you would recognize. But your body has been keeping a record anyway, in a place you look at forty times a day and never actually see. In this video I walk you through nine things your fingernails do when your kidneys are in trouble, what each one is telling you about your blood, and the simple self-tests you can do at your own kitchen table tonight. I am also straight with you about the one thing most videos on this topic get backwards, and about which of the nine signs are weak and which one is close to a signature. At the end I give you the two lab numbers to ask for by name, and the one bottle in your bathroom cabinet worth a conversation with your doctor this month. CHAPTERS 0:00 Why Kidney Disease Is the Quietest Illness There Is 3:25 Your Nail Is a Six-Month Printout of Your Blood 4:11 The Four Things Failing Kidneys Change 5:36 Sign #1 6:38 Sign #2 7:59 Sign #3 9:25 Sign #4 11:41 Sign #5 - The Sneaky One 14:06 Sign #6 14:56 Sign #7 16:14 Sign #8 17:56 Sign #9 - The One That Speaks Loudest 20:03 The Two Numbers to Ask For By Name 22:27 The Nine, Fast If you have been searching for the early warning signs of kidney disease, or wondering what your fingernails say about your health, this is a careful walk through the nail changes that show up in chronic kidney disease and what each one actually means. We cover pale nail beds and the anemia of kidney disease, brittle and ridged nails, Beau's lines, Muehrcke's lines and low albumin, the shiny buffed nails left behind by the relentless itch of uremic pruritus, a vanishing lunula, spoon nails and iron deficiency, splinter hemorrhages, and half-and-half nails, also called Lindsay's nails, which are one of the most kidney-specific findings a doctor can see on the outside of the body. Along the way you get the simple at-home checks that go with each sign, the red flags that mean see someone today rather than book an appointment, and the two kidney tests worth asking for by name, your eGFR and a urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio. This is senior health information for people over 60 who want to understand what is happening inside their own body and catch kidney trouble while there is still something to protect. SOURCES https://www.cdc.gov/kidney-disease/ph... https://www.kidney.org/kidney-topics/... https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-info... https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-info... https://www.kidney.org/kidney-topics/... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB... https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19744... https://dermnetnz.org/topics/melanoma... DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to your health routine, medications, or treatment plan. #kidneyhealth #health #doctor #seniorhealth #kidneydisease