Your Nails Are Warning You! 24 Nail Signs That Reveal Hidden Diseases

Your Nails Are Warning You! 24 Nail Signs That Reveal Hidden Diseases
* Beau’s Lines – Transverse depressions across the nail plate caused by temporary interruption of nail growth (illness, chemotherapy, severe infections).

* Onycholysis – Separation of the nail plate from the nail bed; seen in trauma, psoriasis, hyperthyroidism, fungal infections.

* Onychorrhexis – Longitudinal ridges due to brittle nails; associated with aging, nutritional deficiencies, and eczema.

* Onychomadesis – Complete nail shedding from the proximal end; occurs after systemic illness, hand-foot-mouth disease, trauma.

* Onychoschizia – Lamellar splitting or peeling of the nail plate, often from repeated wetting, chemicals, or iron deficiency.

* Trachyonychia – Rough, brittle, sandpaper-like nails; seen in alopecia areata, eczema, and lichen planus.

* Pitting in Psoriasis – Shallow depressions on the nail surface caused by defective keratinization in psoriasis.

* Pitting in Alopecia Areata – Fine, regular pits due to autoimmune damage to nail matrix.

* Lichen Planus – Thinning and ridging of the nail plate, sometimes causing scarring.

* Darier Disease – Red and white longitudinal streaks with V-shaped nicks at the free edge.

* True Leukonychia – Complete whitening of the nail plate due to abnormal keratinization.

* Leukonychia – White discoloration from nail plate or nail bed changes (trauma, systemic illness).

* Apparent Leukonychia – Whitening of nail bed that disappears with pressure (e.g., Terry’s nails).

* Clubbing – Bulbous enlargement of fingertips and increased nail curvature; linked to lung disease, heart disease, inflammatory bowel disease.

* Brachyonychia – Short, broad nails; may be congenital or linked to hyperparathyroidism.

* Onychogryphosis – Thickened, curved, “ram’s horn” nails, often from neglect, trauma, or vascular disease.

* Dorsal Pterygium – Scarring causing the skin to grow over the nail from the top; seen in lichen planus.

* Ventral Pterygium – Adhesion between nail plate and hyponychium; seen in connective tissue disorders.

* Splinter Hemorrhages – Thin, red-brown streaks under the nail; associated with trauma, infective endocarditis, vasculitis.

* Pincer Nail – Excessive transverse over-curvature, sometimes painful; associated with arthritis or footwear pressure.

* Yellow Nail – Thick, slow-growing yellow nails linked to respiratory disease, lymphedema, or chronic infection.

* Pachyonychia Congenita – Genetic disorder causing thickened nails and painful palmoplantar keratoderma.

* Koilonychia (Spoon Nails) – Thin, concave nails often due to iron deficiency anemia.

* Onychauxis – Thickened nail plate, commonly from aging, trauma, or psoriasis.

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