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Green nail syndrome (chloronychia or Goldman-Fox syndrome [7]) is characterised by discolouration of the infected nail, inflammation of the skin around the nail known as paronychia, and an odour resembling fruit. [3] The colour may range from light or blueish green or yellow-green to darker green or black. [8][3] Nails may be separated from the ...
A nail disease or onychosis is a disease or deformity of the nail. Although the nail is a structure produced by the skin and is a skin appendage, nail diseases have a distinct classification as they have their own signs and symptoms which may relate to other medical conditions. Some nail conditions that show signs of infection or inflammation ...
Muehrcke's lines were described by American physician Robert C. Muehrcke (1921–2003) in 1956. In a study published in BMJ, he examined patients with known chronic hypoalbuminemia and healthy volunteers, finding that the appearance of multiple transverse white lines was a highly specific marker for low serum albumin (no subject with the sign had SA over 2.2 g/dL), was associated with severity ...
Beau's lines are horizontal, going across the nailline, and should not be confused with vertical ridges going from the bottom of the nail out to the fingertip. These vertical lines are usually a natural consequence of aging and are harmless. [3] [4] Beau's lines should also be distinguished from Muehrcke's lines of the fingernails.
Pulmonology. Nail clubbing, also known as digital clubbing or clubbing, is a deformity of the finger or toe nails associated with a number of diseases, anomalies and defects, some congenital. This is mostly of the heart and lungs. [ 2 ][ 3 ] When it occurs together with joint effusions, joint pains, and abnormal skin and bone growth it is known ...
Damaged cuticles, shortened and damaged nails, hangnails, bleeding, etc. Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive and unhygienic habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking.
Blaschko's lines, also called the lines of Blaschko, are lines of normal cell development in the skin. These lines are only visible in those with a mosaic [1][2][3] skin condition or in chimeras where different cell lines contain different genes. These lines may express different amounts of melanin, [4] or become visible due to a differing ...
To tell you the truth, they actually help me with my technique,” Chiles, 23, recently told the Associated Press. “That’s really how I make sure I don’t break a nail.”. While Chiles has ...