Nail disorders

Question 1

Beau’s Lines

Answer 1

Deep grove lines that run from side to side on the fingernail or toenail (May look like ridges on the nail plate)

Question 2

Bruised Nails

Answer 2

Dark purplish spots, usually due to physical injury

Question 3

Discolored Nails

Answer 3

Nails turn a variety of colors; May indicate surface staining, systematic disorder, or poor blood circulation.

Question 4

Eggshell Nails

Answer 4

Noticeably thin, white plates, more flexible than normal; usually caused by improper diet, internal disease, filing with an abrasive (over filing)

Question 5

Hang Nails

Answer 5

Damaged skin attached to living skin around the nail plate (often on the eponychium) becomes split or torn

Question 6

Infected Finger

Answer 6

Redness, pain, swelling or pus; refer to a physician

Question 7

Leukonychia

Answer 7

white spots on nail plate
Leuko = white

Question 8

Melanonychia

Answer 8

Darkening on nails

Question 9

Nail psoriasis

Answer 9

Nail surface pitting, roughness, onycholysis, and bed discoloration

Question 10

Nail pterygium

Answer 10

Abnormal stretching of the skin around the nail plate; from serious injury or allergic reaction

Question 11

onychophagy

Answer 11

bitten nails

Question 12

onychorrhexis

Answer 12

abnormal surface roughness on the nail plate

Question 13

Pincer nails

Answer 13

dramatically increased nail curvature

Question 14

pictured nail

Answer 14

sharp bend in one corner of the nail plate creating increased curvature

Question 15

Ridged nails

Answer 15

length wise grooves in the plate (seen in normal aging)

Question 16

Trumpet nails

Answer 16

dramatically increased nail curvature