COMMON DISORDERS
VISIBLE DEPRESSIONS RUNNING ACROSS WIDTH OF NATURAL NAIL PLATE
WHAT ARE BEAUS LINES?
TEARS, SPLITS AROUND NAIL PLATE
WHAT ARE HANGNAILS?
SPLIT, BRITTLE, LENGTHWISE, INJURY TO MATRIX, EXCESSIVE USE OF CUTICLE REMOVERS
WHAT IS ONYCHORRHEXIS?
FUNGAL INFECTION OF NATURAL NAIL PLATE
WHAT IS ONYCHOMYCOSIS?
SEVERE INFLAMMATION, RED LUMP GROWS FROM NAIL BED TO NAIL PLATE
WHAT IS PYOGENIC GRANULOMA?
SHINY, SMOOTH, UNSPOTTED, NO RIDGES, PITS OR SPLITS
WHAT IS THE SURFACE OF A HEALTHY NAIL?
DARKENING, BLACK BAND WITHIN NAIL, BASE TO FREE EDGE
WHAT IS MELANONYCHIA?
PHYSICAL TRAUMA, DAMAGE TO CAPILLARIES, SMALL AMOUNTS OF BLOOD
WHAT IS A SPLINTER HEMORRHAGE?
ANY DEFORMITY OR DISEASE OF NATURAL NAIL
WHAT IS ONYCHOSIS?
YELLOW, GREEN, BLACK DISCOLORATION ON NAIL BED, TYPE OF FUNGUS, INFECTION
WHAT IS PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA?
BITTEN NAILS, CHEWING OF HARDENED SKIN
WHAT IS ONYCHOPHAGY?
BLOOD CLOT UNDER PLATE, DARK PURPLISH SPOT
WHAT ARE BRUISED NAIL BEDS?
VERTICLE LINES, LENGTHWISE, RESULT OF NORMAL AGING
WHAT ARE RIDGES?
PARASITES THAT CAUSE INFECTIONS OF FEET & HANDS
WHAT IS FUNGI?
NONINFECTIOUS CONDITION, TINY PIT/SEVERE ROUGHNESS OF NAIL PLATE SURFACE
WHAT IS NAIL PSORIASIS?
REFER TO A PHYSICIAN
WHAT IS IF NAIL/SKIN IS INFECTED, INFLAMED, BROKEN, OR SWOLLEN?
FOLDED NAIL, HIGHLY CURVED, INJURY TO MATRIX, INHERITED
WHAT IS PLICATURED NAIL?
CURVATURE OF NAIL, AKA..TRUMPET NAIL, DEFORMED ON SIDEWALL, SHARP CONE AT FREE EDGE
WHAT IS PINCER NAIL?
INFLAMMATION OF MATRIX, SHEDDING OF NATURAL NAIL PLATE
WHAT IS ONYCHIA?
BACTERIAL INFECTION OF TISSUE SURROUNDING NAIL
WHAT IS PARONYCHIA?
WHITE SPOT DISCOLORATION, MINOR INJURY TO MATRIX
WHAT ARE LEUKONYCHIA SPOTS?
THIN, WHITE PLATES, MORE FLEXIBLE THAN NORMAL
WHAT ARE EGGSHELL NAILS?
ABNORMAL CONDITION, SKIN STRETCHED BY NAIL PLATE
WHAT IS NAIL PTERYGIUM?
TRUE OR FALSE...CLIENTS CAN SPREAD FUNGAL INFECTIONS TO COSMETOLOGIST.
WHAT IS FALSE?
FUNGAL INFECTION OF FEET, AKA...ATHLETE'S FOOT
WHAT IS TINEA PEDIS?