How to measure health with nails
It is not ideal to measure a person's health by looking at his nails. A person must be well nourished before his nails can grow normally, otherwise there will be some abnormal phenomena, which doctors can often use to diagnose important diseases. Here are some abnormal phenomena of nails:
1. Rod-shaped enlargement: the nails are obviously arched upwards and bent around the fingers. Clubbed fingers may mean emphysema, tuberculosis, cardiovascular disease, ulcerative colitis or cirrhosis.
2. Blue crescent: If there is a layer of blue halo on the crescent-shaped white mark at the root of the nail, it means that you may have any of the following diseases: blocked blood circulation, heart disease, Raynaud's sign, vasospasm of fingers and toes, usually due to freezing. But sometimes it is also related to rheumatoid arthritis or autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus.
3. Spoon nails: the middle of the nails sinks, and the whole nails become flat or spoon-shaped. This kind of nail is related to iron deficiency anemia, syphilis, thyroid disease, rheumatic fever and so on.
4. Lindsay's nails: half of the nails near the tip of the nails are pink or brown, and half of the nails near the nail shape are white. This kind of nail is also called two nails, which may be a sign of chronic renal failure.
5. Bo's line: the horizontal groove on the nail indicates malnutrition or some serious disease that will temporarily affect the growth of the nail, such as measles, costalitis, heart disease, etc.
6. Terry's nails: Most of the skin under the nails turns white, and only a small part near the nail tip is still normal pink. This may indicate cirrhosis.
7. yellow nail comprehensive collection group: the growth rate of nails is slow, thicker and harder; It is yellow or green, and the causes include chronic respiratory diseases, thyroid diseases or lymphatic diseases.
8. Bleeding: If these vertical red lines appear on the nails, it means microvascular bleeding. If there are multiple such blood lines, it may indicate chronic hypertension, psoriasis or a fatal infection called subacute bacterial endocarditis.
9. Irregular pits: Many patients with psoriasis have this phenomenon.
10. Rows of pits: The nail surface becomes the bronze surface hammered out by the coppersmith, sometimes because of tufting baldness. This is an immune disease that is not well understood by the medical community, which will lead to partial or total hair loss.
1 1. Brown spots or dark spots: This kind of spots, especially those where nails extend to the surrounding finger tissues, may indicate melanoma. They may be a single big block or a bunch of small spots, and the most common places are the thumb and big toe.
There are usually two situations when there are vertical stripes on nails:
The nail crest deck is thin and brittle, with longitudinal ridges, and the distal end is often broken and diverted due to malnutrition. It can also be seen in patients with diseases such as lichen planus and alopecia areata.
The longitudinal sulcus of nail is generally the longitudinal ridge in the center of deck, and the ridge top is shallow, or it can be a significant sulcus without ridge. It is often caused by the damage of nail matrix and can also be seen in patients with lichen planus and other diseases, which is the expression of allergic reaction.
In order to find your disease in time, please observe your hand often, it may be warning you.