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Sometimes called furrows (FUR-ohs) or corrugations(kor-uh-GAY-shuns); visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate; usually a result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body
What is Beau’s Lines
A condition in which the living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears.
What is a hangnail?
Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate.
What is Onychorrhexis?
Also known as ram’s horn or claw nails; an enlargement of the fingernails or toenails accompanied by increased thickening and curvature.
What is Onychogryposis?
Fungal infection of the natural nail plate.
What is Onychomycosis?
Named for the nail bed color; is usually caused by a lack of circulating oxygen in the red blood cells.
What is Blue Fingernails
Soft spoon nails with a concave shape that appear scooped out.
What is Koilonychia?
Also known as folded nail; a type of highly curved nail usually caused by injury to the matrix, but may be inherited.
What is Plicatured nail?
Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury, such as burns, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail enhancement products.
What is Nail Pterygium?
Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail. Redness, pus, and swelling are usually seen in the skin fold adjacent to the nail plate.
What is Paronychia?
Condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, causing a dark purplish spot. These discolorations are usually due to small injuries to the nail bed.
What is bruised nail beds?
Also known as white spots; whitish discolorations of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; not related to the body’s health or vitamin deficiencies.
What is Leukonychia spots?
Vertical lines running through the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging.
What are ridges?
Also known as trumpet nail; increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix. The edges of the nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge.
What is pincer nail?
Common bacteria that can lead to a bacterial infection that appears as a green, yellow, or black discoloration on the nail bed.
What is Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Nails turn a variety of colors; may indicate surface staining, a systemic disorder, or poor blood circulation.
What is discolored nails?
Darkening of the fingernails or toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge.
What is Melanonychia?
Hemorrhage caused by trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow.
What is splinter hemorrhage?
Any deformity or disease of the natural nails.
What is Onychosis?
Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate.
What is Pyogenic granuloma
Noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge.
What is Eggshell nails?
Also known as bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.
What is Onychophagy?
Thickening of nails.
What is Onychauxis?
Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail.
What is Onychia?
Lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding, usually beginning at the free edge and continuing toward the lunula area
What is Onycholysis?