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The use of podiatry drills, in the absence of engineering controls and personal protective equipment, is an occupational hazard to the healthcare provider.Nail dust collected during foot care procedures performed in office settings has been found to contain keratin, keratin hydrolysates, microbial debris, and viable fungal elements, including dermatophytes (most commonly Trichophyton rubrum ...
Mees' lines can look similar to injury to the nail, which should not be confused with true Mees' lines. [1]Mees' lines appear after an episode of poisoning with arsenic, [2] thallium or other heavy metals or selenium, [3] opioid MT-45, and can also appear if the subject is suffering from kidney failure. [4]
Chronic conjunctivitis (e.g. trachoma) and aging factor are two causes of conjunctival concretion, which will make the conjunctiva cellular degeneration to produce an epithelial inclusion cyst, filled with epithelial cells and keratin debris. After calcification, the conjunctival cyst hardens and forms a conjunctival concretion. Congenital ...
Scale: Dry or greasy laminated masses of keratin, [30] they represent thickened stratum corneum. [29] Crust: Dried sebum usually mixed with epithelial and sometimes bacterial debris [10] Lichenification: Epidermal thickening characterized by visible and palpable thickening of the skin with accentuated skin markings [1]
Guinness World Records began tracking record fingernail lengths in 1955, when a Chinese priest was listed as having fingernails 1 foot 10.75 inches (57.79 cm) long. The current record-holder for men, according to Guinness , is Shridhar Chillal from India who set the record in 1998 with a total of 20 feet 2.25 inches (615.32 cm) of nails on his ...
A keratin treatment is a semi-permanent hair straightening method that aims to smooth and straighten frizzy or curly hair, says Ross Kopelman, MD, a board-certified hair surgeon at Kopelman Hair ...
The lunula (pl.: lunulae; from Latin 'little moon') is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail.. In humans, it appears by week 14 [1] of gestation, and has a primary structural role in defining the free edge of the distal nail plate (the part of the nail that grows outward).
The commissioner of the New York Police Department said there are "no specific credible threats" to the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.