Nails
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
NAIL DISORDERS AND DISEASES
AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM
Beau’s Lines:
*Depressions across the natural nail
*Slows nail cell production
* Caused by trauma to the body
Blue Fingernails
*lack of circulating oxygen in red blood cells
*if normal color shows after being massaged, it is due to lack of blood supply or circulation
Bruised Nail Beds
*blood clot under the nail plate
* dried blood absorbs to epithelium
DISCOLORED NAILS
- Surface staining, systematic disorder, or poor blood circulation
- Nail polish, food, dyes, smoking.
Eggshell Nails
* more flexible than normal, weaker, break easier
*240 grit file or higher
HANGNAIL
SPLIT OR TEAR OF LIVING SKIN AROUND THE NAIL PLATE; CAN BE TRIMMED IF SKIN IS DEAD.
KOILONYCHIA
- Concave nail
- Iron deficiency,anemi
LEUKONYCHIA SPOTS
- Vitamin or mineral deficiency
- Grow off and disappear
MELANONYCHIA
DARKENING OF THE NAILS, BLACK BAND FROM BASE TO FREE EDGE
ONYCHOPHAGY
- Hardened, damaged skin around the nail plate caused from biting nails.
ONYCHORRHEXIS
SPLIT OR BRITTLE NAILS
PLICATURED NAIL
CURVED NAIL PLATE CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO THE MATRIX
RIDGES
- Vertical lines caused by uneven growth of the nail
Splinter hemorrhage
Damage to the capillaries by physical trauma or injury
ONYCHAUXIS
THICKENING OF THE NAILS
Nail Pterygium
* skin being stretched by the nail plate
PINCER NAIL
- Nail that curves into itself
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ONYCHIA
INFLAMMATION OF THE NAIL MATRIX FOLLOWED BY SHEDDING OF THE NAIL
