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NAILS- A WINDOW TO YOUR HEALTH.

Nails are big business today. But pretty nails don't always mean good health. Because of their partial transparency, many health conditions are very visible in the nails. Even nail-biting can be an indicator of mental health. People who are more anxious or obsessive compulsive do tend to bite their nails

(koilonychia)abnormal blood supply in the nail bed alopecia areata amyloidosis anemia argyria Beau’s line benign nevus Blue nail bronchiectasis cancer carbon monoxide poisoning cardiac failure chemotherapy chronic bronchitis chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Chronic renal disease chronic urticaria (hives)cirrhosis Clubbed nails collagen vascular disease congenital heart disease congestive heart failure diabetes febrile illness frostbite fungal infection Half-and-half nails hand-foot-mouth disease heart disease heart failure hemochromatosis HIV Hodgkin disease hyperthyroidism hypoalbuminemia infection of the heart valves inflammatory bowel diseases Lindsay’s nails liver cirrhosis liver disease lymphedema malnutrition medical problems affects nail Mee’s line melanoma mental health mitral stenosis Muehrcke’s nails Nail Color nail polishes Nail Separation Nail Texture nail-biting Nails nephrotic syndrome obsessive compulsive Onycholysis Onychomadesis or other heavy metals oral contraceptive use oral prednisone treatment pemphigus peptic ulcer disease petroleum-based solvents Pitting pleural effusions poisoning by arsenic poor nutrition pregnancy psoriasis psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis pulmonary tuberculosis quinacrine therapy Raynaud’s disease reactive arthritis Red lunula Reiter’s syndrome renal failure rheumatoid arthritis sarcoidosis scleroderma side effect of chemotherapy silver poisoning Splinter hemorrhages Spoon-shaped nails subacute bacterial endocarditis swelling in the nail bed syphilis system-wide infection systemic infection systemic lupus erythematosus Terry’s nails thallium trauma vascular disease vasculitis Vertical brown streaks White nail syndrome Wilson’s disease Yellow nail Read More