8 Potential Health Warnings
n 8 POTENTIAL FINGERNAIL HEALTH WARNINGS
INTRODUCTION: Fingernails and disease don’t go together in most minds… but they should. Your fingernails can give you valuable health warnings and signal the presence of serious disease.
Take a good look at your nails. Hold a hand level with your nose about a foot out from your face and scrutinize each one.
Look at the curves, dips, ridges, and grooves. Check out how thick or how thin they are and if your nails are chipped or broken. Make a note of the color of the nail itself, the skin under it, and the skin around the nail.
Check your memory- have your nails always looked like this? Changes to your fingernails and disease onset are linked, so note any new developments.
DISCOLORED NAILS
A healthy finger nail should be pink with a touch of pinkish white (moons) near the base. If your nails are a dull color or streaked with other colors, you may have a serious hidden problem.
GREEN NAILS are a sign of bacterial infection.
RED STREAKS in your nail bed are a warning of a heart valve infection
BLUEISH nails signal low oxygen levels in your blood.
DULL nails mean a vitamin deficiency.
WHITE nails may signal liver disease, such as hepatitis.
DARK STRIPES at the top (Terry’s nails) are associated with aging and congestive heart failure.
Scrub those clean and really look at your nail color! Given the “rainbow” of potential health challenges, you want to be sure you see what your fingers are saying.
THICK NAILS
Thick nails are not natural. You want your nails to be strong, but if they resemble talons or claws more than traditional nails watch out!
Thickened nails that are otherwise normal can signal lung disease.
Thick and rough-textured nails can signal a fungal infection.
Thick and separated nails may mean thyroid disease or psoriasis.
Unusual thickness may also be a symptom of a circulation problem.
Thickening nails are a change that should tune you in to other health symptoms you may be ignoring. Also
INTRODUCTION: Fingernails and disease don’t go together in most minds… but they should. Your fingernails can give you valuable health warnings and signal the presence of serious disease.
Take a good look at your nails. Hold a hand level with your nose about a foot out from your face and scrutinize each one.
Look at the curves, dips, ridges, and grooves. Check out how thick or how thin they are and if your nails are chipped or broken. Make a note of the color of the nail itself, the skin under it, and the skin around the nail.
Check your memory- have your nails always looked like this? Changes to your fingernails and disease onset are linked, so note any new developments.
DISCOLORED NAILS
A healthy finger nail should be pink with a touch of pinkish white (moons) near the base. If your nails are a dull color or streaked with other colors, you may have a serious hidden problem.
GREEN NAILS are a sign of bacterial infection.
RED STREAKS in your nail bed are a warning of a heart valve infection
BLUEISH nails signal low oxygen levels in your blood.
DULL nails mean a vitamin deficiency.
WHITE nails may signal liver disease, such as hepatitis.
DARK STRIPES at the top (Terry’s nails) are associated with aging and congestive heart failure.
Scrub those clean and really look at your nail color! Given the “rainbow” of potential health challenges, you want to be sure you see what your fingers are saying.
THICK NAILS
Thick nails are not natural. You want your nails to be strong, but if they resemble talons or claws more than traditional nails watch out!
Thickened nails that are otherwise normal can signal lung disease.
Thick and rough-textured nails can signal a fungal infection.
Thick and separated nails may mean thyroid disease or psoriasis.
Unusual thickness may also be a symptom of a circulation problem.
Thickening nails are a change that should tune you in to other health symptoms you may be ignoring. Also