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  2. 10 health warnings your nails may be sending you - AOL

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    LittleThings/Heeral Chhibber Spoon-shaped fingernails curve inward, and look like they are "scooping" outward. They can indicate a condition known as koilonychia, a disease that can be an ...

  3. Nail disease - Wikipedia

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    Onychorrhexis also known as brittle nails, is brittleness with breakage of fingernails or toenails. Paronychia is a bacterial or fungal infection where the nail and skin meet. Koilonychia is when the nail curves upwards (becomes spoon-shaped) due to an iron deficiency. The normal process of change is: brittle nails, straight nails, spoon-shaped ...

  4. Nail clubbing - Wikipedia

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    When the distal phalanges (bones nearest the fingertips) of corresponding fingers of opposite hands are directly opposed (place fingernails of same finger on opposite hands against each other, nail to nail), a small diamond-shaped "window" is normally apparent between the nailbeds. If this window is obliterated, the test is positive and ...

  5. Koilonychia - Wikipedia

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    Koilonychia, also known as spoon nails, [1]: 782 is a nail disease that can be a sign of hypochromic anemia, especially iron-deficiency anemia. [ 2 ] : 656 [ 3 ] It refers to abnormally thin nails (usually of the hand) which have lost their convexity, becoming flat or even concave in shape.

  6. Leukonychia - Wikipedia

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    Also known as "true" leukonychia, this is the most common form of leukonychia, in which small white spots appear on the nails. Picking and biting of the nails are a prominent cause in young children and nail biters. Besides parakeratosis, air that is trapped between the cells may also cause this appearance. [5] It is also caused by trauma.

  7. Green nail syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Green nail syndrome is an infection that can develop in individuals whose hands are frequently submerged in water resulting in discolouration of the nails from shades of green to black. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It may also occur as transverse green stripes that are ascribed to intermittent episodes of infection. [ 3 ]

  8. The hidden dangers of acrylic nails and why you might ... - AOL

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    Acrylic nails may look pretty, but they may have some scary side effects, too. ... The truth is, they can be seriously damaging to your health. Take a look below at the hidden dangers of getting ...

  9. Onychorrhexis - Wikipedia

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    Onychorrhexis (from the Greek words ὄνυχο- ónycho-, "nail" and ῥῆξις rhexis, "bursting"), is a brittleness with breakage of finger or toenails that may result from hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.

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