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Nail fungus can be painful and cause permanent damage to nails. It may lead to other serious infections if the immune system is suppressed due to medication, diabetes or other conditions. The risk is most serious for people with diabetes and with immune systems weakened by leukemia or AIDS, or medication after organ transplant.
From wearing dark nail polish to fungal infections to serious health conditions, here are the most common causes, doctors say. When Yellow Nails Are Normal—and When They’re Not, According to Derms
As simple an issue as yellow nails may seem, it can be tough for even experts to pinpoint the cause. "Every time somebody comes in with a nail change, I put on my super-sleuth hat," Dr. Kristen Lo ...
Are your fingernails yellow, brown, black, or another color? Doctors explain the different causes of nail discoloration, and what to do in each case.
Onychauxis presents with thickened nails without deformity, and this simple thickening may be the result of trauma, acromegaly, Darier's disease, psoriasis, or pityriasis rubra pilaris, or, in some cases, hereditary. [1]: 783 [2] It may appear as loss of nail palate translucency, discoloration, and subungual hyperkeratosis.
The nails are markedly thickened with yellow to yellow-green discoloration of the nails. [1]: 792 [6] They grow slowly, at a rate of 0.25 mm/week or less. The nails may have ridges and increased side-to-side curvature, reduction of the white crescent and detachment of the nail from the nailbed. [5] These nail abnormalities may also change over ...
Onychodystrophy is a deformation of the nails that can result from cancer chemotherapy which includes bleomycin, hydroxyurea, or 5-fluorouracil. It can include discoloration of the nail, or dyschromia. Onychogryposis, also called "ram's-horn nail", is a thickening and increase in curvature of the nail. It is usually the result of injury to the ...
Terry's nails is a physical condition in which a person's fingernails or toenails [1]: 659 appear white with a characteristic "ground glass" appearance without any lunula. [2]