Flashcards in 10. Nail Disorders And Diseases Deck (27):
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Healthy nail
Form flexible and should be smooth and I spotted
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Ridges
Running vertically down the length of the natural nail plate, it is recommended that you carefully buff the nail plate
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Tinea pedis
The medical term for fungal infections of the feet
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Pseudomonal bacterial infection
On the nail llate can be identified in the early stages as a light green slot that becomes darker in its advanced stages
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Onychodesis
The separation and Falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed
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Onychorehexis
Caused by injury to the matrix, excessive use of cutler removers, harsh cleanjng agents, aggressive filing techniques or heredity
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Nail psoriasis
Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate
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Nail disorders
Refers to a condition cause led by injury, heredity, precious diseas of nail unit
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Splinter hemorrhages
Caused by physical trauma or injury to the nail bed
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Ongchomadesis
Any deformity or disease of the natural nail
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Eggshell nails
Nail plate that are noticeably thin and white and more flexible than usual
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Smoking
Common cause of surface stains on nails
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Bruised nail beds
The condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate causing a dark purple spot
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Hang nail
The living skin around the nail splits and tears
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Onycholysis
The lifting of the nail plate splits and tears
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Melanoychia
Refers to the darkening of the fingernails or toenails
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Trumpet nail
When increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate results in the free entry pinching the sides into a deep curve
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Beaus lines
Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate
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Blue fingernails
Usually caused by a lack of circulating oxygen in the red blood cells
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Koilonychia
Soft spoon nails either a concave shape
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Leukonychia spots
White spots or whitish discolorations of the nails
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Onychophagy
Bitten nails
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Nail pterygium
An abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate
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Onychomycosis
A fungal infection of the natural plate
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Pyogenic granuloma
A severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump
Of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate
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Onychocryptosis
Ingrown nail
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