Common Nail Disorders
Living skin around nail plate that becomes split or torn
What is hangnail?
Inflammation of the nail matrix.
What is onychia?
When the natural nail plate has tiny pits or roughness on the surface.
What is nail psoriasis?
Client with poor circulation.
What cause cold skin?
Technical term for split or brittle nails.
What is onychorrhexis?
White spots on the nail caused by injury.
What is leukonychia?
Fungal infection of the natural nail plate.
What is Onychomycosis?
Technical term for ingrown nail.
What is onychocryptosis?
Client with soft and supple skin.
What is the moisture level of the skin?
Technical term for bitten nails.
What is onychophagy?
Depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate.
What is Beau's lines?
Technical term for athlete's foot.
What is tinea pedis?
Technical term for lifting of the nail plate.
What is onycholysis?
Client has tenderness of the skin.
What indications for pain?
Technical term for any deformity or disease of the nail.
What is onychosis?
When the color of the nail changes because of lack of circulation.
What is blue nails?
Bacterial inflammation of the tissue surrounding the nail.
What is paronychia?
Technical term for seperation and falling off the nail plate.
What is onychomadesis?
Refer client to a physician.
What should be done if there is a nail disease?
Technical term for folded nails.
What is plicatured nail?
Thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal.
What is eggshell nails?
Green, yellow or black discoloration on a nail bed.
What is pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Technical term for forward growth of cuticle.
What is nail pterygium?
Sense of sight and touch.
What senses are used during an analysis?
Technical term for darken of the nails.
What is melanonychia?