Sunday, December 27, 2009

Can you list 2 nail disorders?

Onychia: inflammation of tissue surrounding the nail





Clubbing: thickening of the nail caused by heart and lung conditionsCan you list 2 nail disorders?
Onychomycosis is the most common nail problem. It involves infection of the nail bed by fungus. As a result, you have yellow, thick, distorted nail. They are more common in toes than fingers, but it can occur in both hand and feet.





Panonychia is also rather common, and it involves bacterial infection of the nail. Instead of having the entire nail going yellow, you can have a strip of nail distorted or even lost, as well as red inflammed knot on the skin next to the nail.





You can also have nail problems with hypothyroidism, medication, cancer (especially melanoma), etc.

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