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Nail Diseases & Disorders

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Kilonychia   Also known as spoon nails, inverted or concave nails.  
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Leukonychia Spots   Also known as white spots; whitish discolorations of the nail usually caused by minor injury to the nail matrix.  
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Nail Pterygium   Abnormal stretching of skin around the nail plate.  
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Melanonychia   Darkening of the fingernails or toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plate extending from the base to the free edge.  
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Onychauxis   Thickening of the fingernails or toenails.  
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Onychogryposis   Also known as ram's horn or claw nails; an enlargement of the fingernails or toenails accompanied by increased thickening and curvature.  
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Onychophagy   Also known as bitten nails; chewed nails or chewed hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.  
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Onychorrhexis   Split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearance to the surface of the nail plate.  
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Pincer Nail   Also known as trumpet nail; the edges of the nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge.  
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Plicatured Nail   Also known as folded nail; a type of highly curved nail plate, usually caused by injury to the matrix, but it may be inherited.  
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Splinter hemorrhage   Physical trauma or injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries and allows a small amount of blood flow.  
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Nail Psoriasis   Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate.  
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Onychia   Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of the nail.  
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Onychocryptosis   Also known as ingrown nails; nail grows into the sides of the tissue around the nail.  
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Onycholysis   Lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed, without shedding, usually beginning at the free edge and continuing toward the lunula area.  
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Onychomadesis   Separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed; can affect fingernails and toenails.  
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Onychomycosis   Fungal infection of the natural nail plate.  
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Paronychia   Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail  
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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa   Common bacteria that can lead to a bacterial infection that appears as a green, yellow, or black discoloration on the nail bed.  
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Pyogenic Granuloma   Severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate.  
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