Nails are part of your skin, and because they often need to be trimmed, they’re easy to spot when they change. Whether they’re thick or thin, uneven, colored, or broken, they’re common.
The fingernail of Miss Wang a while ago has shape hollow, edge is warped, resemble the shape of spoon, thought to be the gray fingernail that is caused by mould infection originally, after seeing an examination to the hospital, discover, have anaemia unexpectedly problem! After anemia is cured, nail abnormalities are also improved.
Many women care about their nails, and nail salons are everywhere, but it is more important to keep them healthy than to make them beautiful. Nails shoulder the function of protecting the nail bed full of nerves and the tip of the finger, and certain systemic diseases may be reflected in the nails.
Systemic disease of the nails
Fingernails are part of the skin of the body, and through the circulation of the blood can be associated with the whole body, so some diseases may be reflected in the changes of nails. Often, nail abnormalities such as these caused by other diseases can be improved after the disease is cured. Examples are the following:
Low clubbing
It is associated with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, showing hypoxia of nails and end fingers, thickening of fingernail curvature (as shown in the figure below, the protrusion in the middle of nails is in the shape of an arc), both hands and feet, especially fingernails.
● Spoon nails
Associated with anemia, a hollow in the middle of the nail, like a spoon (see picture below), and multiple fingers.
● Armour surface has longitudinal haemorrhage point
Associated with the pericardium and endocarditis, the bacteria from the heart are carried with the blood stream to the distal end, showing symptoms of bleeding points on the nails.
Nails with black lines are most afraid of skin cancer
Sometimes the variation of nails may just be aging or physical relationship, the appearance of straight fine lines, finger face is not smooth and so on, this usually will not have great harm, but if there is pain, color change, it is best to further seek medical help to clarify the cause.
Whether fingernails that look black and have straight black lines need to be defined as benign “longitudinal melanonychia” or malignant “melanoma” (ie, skin cancer). If it’s benign, just track it, no special treatment is required; If malignant degree is very high “melanoma” need active treatment. To distinguish between the two, it is necessary to be diagnosed by a physician, who will usually make a preliminary judgment by the length of time, whether the appearance of the lesion has changed (enlarged, broadened, etc.), and the speed of progression. When necessary, a “skin section” must be made, and the depth of the nail (stroma) shall be taken for pathological examination to confirm its benign and malignant.
If “melanoma”, may have the following characteristics: nail lines on the color, thickness, shade, spacing, or different length, irregular distortion, nail black, even black to the skin and other conditions. Generally speaking, when young children have straight lines of nails, usually benign, older elders, the incidence of malignant higher, need to be vigilant.
The thickening and changing color of nails is most common with gray nails
A thickened or discolored nail is most often associated with a gray nail caused by a mold infection. Gray nails don’t have to be gray, but can include a variety of changes such as thickening and discoloration (yellow, black, or white are common).
Gray fingernails are caused by fungal infections. They are known as “smelly nail” in Taiwanese, and are officially known as “psoriasis”. They often occur in patients with Athlete’s foot (athlete’s foot) in Hong Kong. The biggest problem for patients with gray nails is that they are not easy to treat and contagious. In common patients, nails become extremely thick, painful and uncomfortable, and it is difficult to trim and take care of them.
At present, oral antifungal drugs will be opened clinically, and topical ointments or potions will be used for the patient. Among them, oral antifungal drugs need to be used for 3 months, a few people may affect the liver function, resulting in the rise of liver function index GOT and GPT, there is also the possibility of violent hepatitis, so patients should be regularly tracked, if the liver function has been high, it is not recommended to use, B liver with the original drug also need to be careful.
In addition, if you have psoriasis skin disease, due to spread to the nail, sometimes cause nail nail nail bed peeling (that is, the nail and the skin below the separation), thick nails, or nails appear discoloration and other conditions. However, these symptoms are not specific and require differential diagnosis by a physician.
Abnormal appearance of nails caused by external factors
A linear dent on the nail surface: a change in the nail caused by pressure on the nail substrate. For example, a long cyst may occur at the back of the nail, causing pressure, or sometimes due to habitual nail picking.
Nail deformation: it is usually caused by the improper size of shoes. For example, many women wear high heels that do not fit their feet. In the long run, it is not only easy to have problems such as hallux valva, but also may cause nail deformation.
Paronychia: some people may because the working relationship or doing housework need often touch water, sometimes beside the nails have small wound don’t even know it, after contact with water or detergent, may be a bacterial infection in the acute and chronic paronychia, often with the hand (also called “housewife eczema” or “progressive to Angle” “problem. When overcleaning or manicuring, using tools to “push” the glycyrrhize on the methyl group can also cause infection. (Cuticle, also known as dry skin, is a thin membrane between the nail and the skin at the point of methyl groups, which protects the nail from bacteria.)
Dented nails: Some people “pick their nails”, “bite their nails” and “tear the scalp of their fingers” in response to stress or anxiety, often targeting a particular “finger”. Such bad habits can lead to sunken nail surface or broken nails. In serious cases, the whole front end of the finger may be “mangled,” scarred, or even bloody, for fear of bacterial infection or inflammation.
Fingernails too badly damaged to recover from
Nails are “regenerative,” meaning that, like hair, they constantly grow new ones to replace the old ones, but they may not be able to recover from long-term, repetitive injuries. This is especially true at the base of the nail, where the important “growth plate” dominates the growth of the nail (from which the new nail grows and pushes forward), and can interfere with the formation of new nails if the injury is severe.
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