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"Doing What We Do Best To Serve You!" Click here for Nail disease From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adapted from Natural Hand Care, by Norma Pasekoff Weinberg.
For signs of health, look no further than your hands. As early as 400 B.C.E., Hippocrates taught that the nails reflect the condition of the inner body. It is true that abnormalities of the nails can often provide early clues to common medical problems or severe systemic diseases. Take a few moments and examine your unpolished fingernails under a good light. You will gather a new appreciation for how your lifestyle affects your nails and overall health. Nails grow at different rates due to age, nutrition, and health factors. Under the best of conditions, a nail grows about .004 inches a day or 1/8 of an inch each month. It takes about six months for a new nail to grow from cuticle to tip. Use this diagnostic chart to look at and understand the condition of your nails: Complete loss of nail: Trauma Nail plate loose: Injury; nail psoriasis; fungal or bacterial infections; medicines; chemotherapy; thyroid disease; Raynaud’s phenomenon; lupus. Wasting away of nails, nail loses luster and becomes smaller: Injury or disease. Thickened nail plate: Poor circulation; fungal infection; heredity; mild, persistent trauma to the nail. Pitted nails sometimes with yellow to brown “oil” spots: Eczema or psoriasis; hair loss condition. Very soft nails: Contact with strong alkali; malnutrition; endocrine problems; chronic arthritis Spoon-shaped nails: Iron deficiency; thyroid disease. Club-like nails growing around swollen finger ends: Horizontal ridges: Longitudinal ridges: Brittle, split nails: Nail dryness; nails in contact with irritating substances (detergents, chemicals, polish remover); silica deficiency. Infected nails (red, tender, swollen, pus): Overlarge moons: No moons: DISCOLORED FINGERNAILS Red or deep pink: Can indicate a tendency to poor peripheral circulation. Blue: Blood may not be receiving adequate oxygen due to respiratory disorders, cardiovascular problems, or lupus erythermatosus. Yellow: Could indicate fungus, diabetes, psoriasis, use of tetracycline, or heredity. White, crumbly, soft: May be a result of a fungus infection. Half white/half pink: May indicate fungal infection or, more seriously, kidney disease. Purple or black: Usually due to trauma, or may also be a sign of vitamin B12 deficiency. A brown or black streak that begins at the base of the nail and extends to its tip could be a diagnostic clue to a potentially dangerous melanoma. See your health care provider. Fingernails & Your HealthEyes may be a window to the soul, but it seems that fingernails are a great barometer for our health. I learned this after reading an article on WebMD about how our fingernails' color, texture, surface, and other details give experts insight about what is happening inside our bodies. In fact, our fingernails can tip us off to both relatively minor health concerns, such as a mild case of dermatitis (or itchy skin) to serious ailments, including heart disease, diabetes, respitory illnesses, anemia, auto-immune disorders and other chronic diseases. Here's a quick look at what they can reveal. It's a helpful reality check for those of us who find that this kind of health information brings out an inner hypochrondiac:
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