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Nail Disorders
Disorders that involve shape
Disease that involve infection
Other diseases
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Nails turn a variety of colors, may indicate staining, a systemic disoder or poor blood circulation

what is discolored nails?

100

damaged skin around the nail plate often on the eponychium and becomes split or torn

What is hangnail or Agnail

100

Also known as a folded nail, highly curved nail plate; may be inherited o caused by a inury to the matrix

What is pilcatured nails?

100

Inflammation of the matrix accompanied by pus and possibly shedding of the nail

What is Onychia

100

rapidly growing and contagious bacteria that can cause infection, in the early stage the color is yellow-gree as it progresses it turns brown-black

What is pseudomonas aeruginosa?

200
Discoloration due to injury trapping blood under the nail plate.
What is Bruised nail
200

Depression running across the nail plate's width

What is Beau's lines nail?

200

irregular stretching of the eponychium (cuticle)  caused by a severe burn or damage to the matrix

What is pterygium?

200
Bacterial inflammation of the tissue around the nail. Caused by harsh chemicals excessive water.
What is Paronychia or felon
200
Seperation and falling off of the nail from the nail bed.
What is onychomadesis
300
Caused by injury to the nail that creates white spots.
What is leukonychia
300
Bitten nails
What is Onychophagy
300

Damage to the capillaries under the nail, giving th appearance of a lengthwis small splinter

what is splinter hemorrhage?

300
Another name for athlete's foot caused by ringworm and vegatable parasite.
What is Tinea pedis
300

separation of the nail plate or Loosening of the nail

What is Onycholysis?

400
Darkening of the fingernails or toe nails that usually occurs in African American decent.
What is Melanonychia
400
Thin, white and flexible caused by diet, illness, or Medication.
What is egg shell nails
400

Also known as trumpet nail, a form of dramatically increased curvature of the free-edge

What is pincer nail?

400

a fungal infection or inflammation, consisting of white patches that can be scrapedoff the surface of the nail

What is onychomycosis

400

Redness, swelling, pus, heat, and pain

what are signs of infection?

500
lengthwise grooves in the nail plate.

What is Ridged nails?

500
Split or brittle nails
What is Onychorrhexis
500

known as subungual melanoma, a rare and serious type of skin cancer that begins in the nail matrix

What is nail melanoma?

500
Severe inflammation that causes the underlying tissue to come up through the plate from the nail bed.
What is Pyogenic Granuloma
500

Ingrown nail

What is Onychocryptosis?