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Milady ch 9
Nail Disorders and disease
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nail Disorder | Caused by injury or disease |
| Hemotoma/Bruised | Dark purple spot under the nail |
| Onychomalacia | Egg Shell Nail noticeably thin white nail plates that are more flexible than normal |
| Beau's Lines | Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate. The matrix slows down production of nail cells |
| Agnail/Hangnail | the living skin around the nail plate splits or tears |
| Signs of Infection | redness pain swelling redness or puss |
| Leukonychia Spots | white spots caused by injury to nail matrix |
| Melanonychia | Darkening of the fingernails or toenails |
| Onychophagy | Bitten Nails |
| Plicatured Nail | Highly curved nail plate also called folded nail and often leads to ingrown nails. |
| Nail Pterygium | An abnormal condition that occurs when skin is stretched by the nail plate. |
| Ridges | Raised lines in the nail bed that run down the length of the natural nail plate. |
| Splinter hemorrhages | Trauma to the nail damages the capillaries allowing a small amount of blood to flow and stain the nail bed causing the appearance of a "splinter" under the nail. |
| Pincer Nail | Increased curvature of the nails, has the appearance of a "pinched nail" |
| Trumpet Nail | Increased curvature of the nails, the nail spirals giving the appearance of a "trumpet" |
| Fungus | Living parasites that can infect hands and nails. |
| Pseudomonas Aeruginosa | Staphylococcus aureus bacteria infection (staph infection) in which the naturally occurring bacteria of the nail grows rapidly discoloring the nail with a yellow green spot that gets darker. |
| Onychosis | is any deformity or disease of the nails |
| Onychocryptosis | The nail has grown into the tissue surrounding the nail plate, also called ingrown nails |
| Onycholysis | lifting of the nail plate without shedding the nail |
| Onychomadesis | the separation and falling off of the nail plate from the bed |
| Nail Psoriasis | tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate |
| Paronychia | a bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail |
| Pyrogenic Granuloma | severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate |
| Tinea Pedis | medical term for fungal infections of the feet also called athletes feet |
| Onychomycosis | fungal infection of the nail plate |
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