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2. If Your Nails Are Peeling, It Could Mean You Have This ... - AOL

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   It may sound counterintuitive, but soaking your hands in water actually strips away the moisture and natural oils in your skin and nails which causes them to feel dry and brittle, explains Dr. Cheung.

3. Onychoschizia - Wikipedia

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   Frequent hand-washing is the usual cause, but it is also part of normal ageing. [3] Manicures, nail polish and remover, nail biting, and repeated trauma such as typing, can contribute to nail splitting. [1] Dehydration likely plays a role. [3] Nutritional deficiencies that can result in nail splitting include iron, selenium, and zinc. [1]

4. 10 health warnings your nails may be sending you - AOL

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   Brittle, Crumbly Nails LittleThings/Heeral Chhibber According to WebMD , dry, brittle nails that frequently split or crack have been linked to things like thyroid disease and fungal infections.

5. What do nails have to say about your health? Experts answer ...

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   Brittle nails are sometimes a symptom of metabolic conditions, such as thyroid disease and iron deficiency anemia. With that being said, not all brittle nails are the result of a chronic illnesses.

6. 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 ...

7. 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.