Most common questions used to investigate
Are your fingernails smooth?
Do you suffer from swelling or pain around your nails?
Do you have white spots on the nails?
Do you have yellow nails?
Do you have brittle nails?
Do you have a light to a dark brown colored band on your nails?
Common conclusions
Your nails could be healthy because healthy nails are smooth, without ridges, grooves, spots or discoloration.
You should consult your doctor or dermatologist if you notice swelling or pain around your nails, because it can be a skin infection. An inflammation of the skin around a fingernail or toenail is paronychia. The infected area can become swollen, hurting, and red, and may develop a pus-filled bliste. Paronychia, most of the time, is not extreme and can be controlled at home.
It is OK, because white spots on the nails can be a sign of damaged nails. When you are low in certain minerals or proteins, you can find white spots or dots around your nails.
Great, you are a lucky one! A fungal infection is one of the most common causes of yellow nails. The nail bed may withdraw as the infection aggravates, and nails may sweeten and weaken.
Brittle nails, for a range of reasons, occur. They could be a natural sign of aging or too often the product of your nails being polished. Dry and brittle nails are also a result of too little moisture.
If you have a light to a dark brown colored band on the nail that is usually vertical or a dark band on the nail that slowly expands and covers more of the nail, you should definitely go to your doctor.
If your nails are pink or mauve without any indicators of dark discoloration, it is likely that they will be absolutely healthy.
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