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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 ...
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 ...
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. In a sense, koilonychia is the opposite of nail clubbing ...
Clubbed thumbs, which can also occur in other fingers and on the toes, is a widening or enlarging of the fingertips and a curving of the nails around them. Finger and toe clubbing may develop as a ...
Nail Clubbing. LittleThings/Heeral Chhibber ... In general, this type of melanoma only affects one nail at a time, and will also cause significant changes in the color of the stripes on the nail ...
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.
Jenny Kim. September 4, 2016 at 12:00 PM. 6 things your nails could tell you about your health. Pale white nails. If your fingernail beds are looking a little ghostly, you may have anemia due to ...
Brachydactyly type D, also known as short thumb, [ 3][ 1] stub thumb, [ 5][ 6] or clubbed thumb, [ 5][ 6] is a genetic trait clinically recognised by a thumb being relatively short and round with an accompanying wider nail bed. The distal phalanx of affected thumbs is approximately two-thirds the length of full-length thumbs.