**Nails Flashcards
Nails can indicate
general
overall vitality inner emotional state occupations hobbies medical history nutritional status CV function rheumatic conditions dermatologic functions
paronychial tissue
surrounds nails
paronchia
What is it
what does it show
nail infection stress trauma poor nutrition low immunity
hangnails/wick show
def in
protein
B vits
C
Dryness around nails could show
DEF in A D EFAs low thyroid
schamroth’s sign
diamond-shaped window between forefingers
shows nails not clubbed
reasons for clubbed nails
pulmonary/CVD - 80%
GI issues
hyperthyroidism
what is test for koilonychia
spoon nails
water drop test
spoon nails could be
Fe def protein def diabetes solvent exposure systemic lupus evythmatosus raynauds disease hematomacrosis
what do beau’s lines show
previous acute illness severe infection MI surgery Zn def
thin brittle nails can be a sign of
osteoporosis
thyroid
malnutrition
nutrients to try for thin brittle nmails
biotin
b complex (b12)
A
onychorrhexis - longitudinal ridges show
old age
RA
peripheral vascular disease
lichen planus
central longitudinal ridges show
Fe def
protein def
B9 def
central nail canal/median nail dystrophy shows
malnutrition
repetitive trauma
+ fir tree deformity - severe arterial disease
