Nail bed symptoms and conditions

I am 29 years old and started taking Yasmin in January 2009....by month 2 I had severe pain in the nail bed of both hands....I kept hoping it would just go away...then 2 weeks later both hands hurt not just the nails...I started having to take advil just to get through the day...I figured it was the side effects of Yasmin b/c it was the only change in my lifestyle...I kept taking it thinking perhaps it was just my body trying to adjust....a couple weeks later my arms started to hurt....long story short, I stopped taking the pill in June 2009 and had to fly to my mother's house for help b/c I had gotten to the point that I was barely mobile and everything hurt...I felt like I was in an 80 year old's body....I had severe joint and muscle pains everywhere and I starting looking like Professor Klump, my hands and feet where so swollen I couldn't do anything (even picking up a pillow to make the bed hurt)...I asked my doctor if it could be the Yaz and he insisted no....I was told that it looks like I have arthritis...but I stuck to my guns and said that it was way too much of a coincidence that my health started deteriorating around the start of Yasmin.....my doctor decided that he could help me detox my body to get rid of any Yaz left in there and to see how I felt after....he did put me on celebrex (arthritis med) to relieve the inflammation and pain...I am also taking a diuretic to flush out my system...I am on day 2 and already feel better...I'm not sure if it's b/c of the celebrex or the detox, but I will know in 2 weeks when I finish all the meds.....after reading all these stories I feel a bit of relief...I'm not crazy, these symptoms really could be b/c of the Yaz!!

Had been on the drug for almost three months, only side effect was continuous burning of the tips of my toes despite high sun factor. However I’ve been off it almost a month now and only this week have my finger nails suddenly become discoloured and started lifting from the nail bed. Anybody else have this problem?

During the course I had the feeling my heart was pumping more weakly, especially at night. A few days after I finished the course the skin on the palms of my hands went dry and tight, then a severe ecsema-type rash erupted within 24 hours and grew rapidly worse. I applied hydrocortisone and antihistamine creams and that seemed to help. I also noticed a milder version on my feet - like the little red spots of a mild nettle-rash. A week later there are little brownish 'scars' or lumps all over my palms and the skin still goes dry sometimes. The rash erupted while I was handling rough stones in the garden, so the stones and the sun may have played a role. I hope this is helpful to people. I have been worried it may have been a heart problem or even syphilis - which also produces a rash on the hands and feet (!!!)

I've had symptoms for about two months now without knowing they were coming from taking doxy. First, I couldn't sleep at night b/c my feet felt like they were on fire! and my hands had the same tingly feeling esp. after a change in temperature. Then my toes became red and swolen around the nail. After about a month, the feelings never really went away but always got worse when I was in the sun. A rash began to develop on the tops of my toes. Each bump looked like a tiny water blister. After more sunlight, the rash spread to my hands and arms. More fire. I also got the terrible feeling in my thumbs and index fingers that felt like I banged them with a hammer. Now that the rash is going away (still bad on my toes), my fingernails are terribly brittle, discolored, and are coming off the nail bed on a few fingers. I've also gotten a fever blister and terrible sunburn on my nose, ugh. I was presecribed this medicine for acne, but that seems as though it hasn't even been treated. I've also noticed blurred vision and back pain, but I think that is just b/c I hate my job. LOL.