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Milady 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beau's lines | visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate; usually a result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body. |
| Bruised nails | condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, causing a dark purplish spot, usually due to small injuries to the nail bed. |
| discolored nails | nails turn a variety of colors; may indicate surface staining, a systemic disorder, or poor blood circulation |
| eggshell nails | noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge |
| hangnail | also known as agnail; a condition in which the living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears |
| leukonychia spots | aka white spots; whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matirx area; not related to bodies health or vitamin deficiency |
| melanonchyia | darkening of the fingernails or toenails; may be seen as black band within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge |
| nail disorders | conditioning caused by an injury or disease of the nail unit |
| nail psoriasis | a noninfectious condition that affects the surface of the nail plate causing tiny pits or severe roughness |
| nail pterygium | Abnormal condition that occurs when the skin was stretched by the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury, such as burns, or qan adverseskin reaction to chemical nail enhancement products |
| onychia | inflammation of the nail matrix, followed b y shedding of the natural nail |
| onychocryptosis | also known as ingrown nails; nail grows into the sides of the tissues |
| onycholysis | lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding, usually begging at the free edge and continuing towards the lunula area |
| onychomadesis | the seperation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed |
| onychomycosis | fungal infection of the natural nail plate |
| onychophagy | bitten nails;results of chewing nail or the harden skin around the nail plate. |
| onychorrhexis | split or breittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rouch appearance to the surface of the nail |
| onychosis | any deformity or disease of the natural nails |
| paronychia | bacteria inflammation of the tissue surrounding the the nail causing pus, swelling, and redness, usually in the skin fold adjacent to the nail plate. |
| pincer nail | Also known as trumpet nail; increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix. The edges of the nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge. |
| Plicatured Nail | Folded nail, Injury of the matrix.May be hereditary. |
| Pyogenic Granuloma | Inflammation of the nail, lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate. |
| Ridges | Vertical lnes running the length of the natural nail, caused by uneven growth. |
| Splinter Hemorrhages | Caused by trama or enjury to the nail bed that damage the capillaries and allow small amounds of blood to flow. |
| Tinea Pedis | Fungal infection of the feet. Red, itchy rash of the skin on the bottom of the feet or in between toes. |
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