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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 as ...
Onycholysis. Onycholysis is a common medical condition characterized by the painless detachment of the nail from the nail bed, usually starting at the tip and/or sides. [1] On the hands, it occurs particularly on the ring finger but can occur on any of the fingernails. It may also happen to toenails.
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] The condition is thought to be due to a decrease in vascularity and an increase in connective tissue within the nail bed; [3] the darker shade of the distal portion of ...
Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter or Basedow’s disease, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. [ 1 ] It frequently results in and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. [ 5 ] It also often results in an enlarged thyroid. [ 1 ] Signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism may include irritability, muscle weakness ...
True leukonychia: These white spots originate from the nail matrix (where your nail grows) and appear on the nail plate, says Dr. Lal. These spots do not disappear with pressure. Pseudoleukonychia ...
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 ...
A 2018 study that was recently brought to light in articles by the BBC, Washington Post, Fortune and more claims that cell phones are causing young people to grow "horns.". The research, conducted ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Doctors say there's an epidemic sweeping the nation and it's getting worse. Doctors are calling it text neck. "Text neck is where people are hunched over looking at their ...