nail diseases

Question 1

onychomycosis - ring worm of nail

Answer 1

when the nail becomes thick and discolors from black to brown or beige to white

Question 2

tinea manus - ringworm of hand

Answer 2

contains tiny blisters, dark pink to reddish in color; can have dry flakes

Question 3

tinea pedis - ringworm of feet

Answer 3

itching and peeling of the skin on feet

Question 4

paronychia - inflammation of skin around nail

Answer 4

red, swollen, sore, warm to touch, can lose the nail

Question 5

onychoptosis

Answer 5

shedding or falling off of nails

Question 6

onychia

Answer 6

inflammation of the nail matrix

Question 7

onychatrophia - wasting away of nail

Answer 7

nail shrinks in size and may separate from nail bed

Question 8

onycholysis

Answer 8

loosening or separation of nail

Question 9

blue nails

Answer 9

blue color in skin under the nail

Question 10

eggshell nails

Answer 10

thick nails, almost see through, transparent

Question 11

corrugations

Answer 11

horizontal wavy ridges across nails

Question 12

kolionychia

Answer 12

nails with a concave shape

Question 13

furrows

Answer 13

indented vertical lines down nail plate

Question 14

onychogryposis

Answer 14

increased curvature of nails

Question 15

onychocryptosis

Answer 15

ingrown nails

Question 16

melanonychia

Answer 16

a brown or black darkening of nail

Question 17

onychauxis

Answer 17

thickening of the nail plate or an abnormal outgrowth of the nail

Question 18

agnails/hangnails

Answer 18

split cuticles; loose skin partially separated from cuticle

Question 19

bruised nail

Answer 19

dark purplish discoloration under the nail

Question 20

leukonychia

Answer 20

white spots appearing in nail

Question 21

pterygium

Answer 21

living skin that becomes attached to the nail plate

Question 22

beaus lines

Answer 22

indentations similar to horizontal corrugations that run across nail

Question 23

onychophagy

Answer 23

bitten nails

Question 24

onychorrhxis

Answer 24

split or brittle nails