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| Question | Answer |
| Indentations that run across the nail horizontally | Beau's lines |
| Blue tinge to nail above lunula | Blue nail |
| Bruised nail | Normally caused by injury to nail bed, may fall off during healing |
| Spoon shaped or flat nails, often thin & soft | Koilonychia |
| Lamella dystrophy | splitting/peeling of nails |
| white spots or lines within nail plate | Leuconychia |
| Thin fragile nails which split easily, lose shine, may smell, and separates | Onychatrophia |
| Onychauxis | thickening/overgrowth of nail plate, possibly caused by psoriasis or trauma |
| Inflammation of nail folds with formation of pus and shedding of nail | Onychia |
| Ingrown nail | Onychocryptosis |
| Onychogryphosis | Increase in curvature and thickness of nails |
| Lifting of nail from nail bed | Onycholysis |
| Tinea ungium or ringworm of the nail | Onychomycosis |
| Onychophagy | severe biting of nails |
| Periodic shedding of nail(s) | Onychoptosis |
| Onychorrhexis | Nails become more brittle & begin to split vertically |
| Paronychia | Bacterial/fungal infection causing skin to become red and hot. Painful, pus may be present, gradual thickening & discolouration of nail plate |
| Small circulation (dot) depressions in nail plate | Pitting |
| Pterygium | Inward advance of skin over nail plate, usually due to trauma of matrix |
| Infection of the bloodstream | Sepsis |
| Vertical & transverse ridges | Vertical; indentations in nail from cuticle to free edge Transverse; horizontal indentations across width of nail. May be indication of medical condition |
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