Nail diseases and disorders

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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