10. Nail Disorders And Diseases

Question 1

Healthy nail

Answer 1

Form flexible and should be smooth and I spotted

Question 2

Ridges

Answer 2

Running vertically down the length of the natural nail plate, it is recommended that you carefully buff the nail plate

Question 3

Tinea pedis

Answer 3

The medical term for fungal infections of the feet

Question 4

Pseudomonal bacterial infection

Answer 4

On the nail llate can be identified in the early stages as a light green slot that becomes darker in its advanced stages

Question 5

Onychodesis

Answer 5

The separation and Falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed

Question 6

Onychorehexis

Answer 6

Caused by injury to the matrix, excessive use of cutler removers, harsh cleanjng agents, aggressive filing techniques or heredity

Question 7

Nail psoriasis

Answer 7

Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate

Question 8

Nail disorders

Answer 8

Refers to a condition cause led by injury, heredity, precious diseas of nail unit

Question 9

Splinter hemorrhages

Answer 9

Caused by physical trauma or injury to the nail bed

Question 10

Ongchomadesis

Answer 10

Any deformity or disease of the natural nail

Question 11

Eggshell nails

Answer 11

Nail plate that are noticeably thin and white and more flexible than usual

Question 12

Smoking

Answer 12

Common cause of surface stains on nails

Question 13

Bruised nail beds

Answer 13

The condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate causing a dark purple spot

Question 14

Hang nail

Answer 14

The living skin around the nail splits and tears

Question 15

Onycholysis

Answer 15

The lifting of the nail plate splits and tears

Question 16

Melanoychia

Answer 16

Refers to the darkening of the fingernails or toenails

Question 17

Trumpet nail

Answer 17

When increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate results in the free entry pinching the sides into a deep curve

Question 18

Beaus lines

Answer 18

Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate

Question 19

Blue fingernails

Answer 19

Usually caused by a lack of circulating oxygen in the red blood cells

Question 20

Koilonychia

Answer 20

Soft spoon nails either a concave shape

Question 21

Leukonychia spots

Answer 21

White spots or whitish discolorations of the nails

Question 22

Onychophagy

Answer 22

Bitten nails

Question 23

Nail pterygium

Answer 23

An abnormal condition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate

Question 24

Onychomycosis

Answer 24

A fungal infection of the natural plate

Question 25

Pyogenic granuloma

Answer 25

A severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump

Of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate

Question 26

Onychocryptosis

Answer 26

Ingrown nail

Question 27

Proper hand analysis

Answer 27

Will allow you to
Identify disease, disorders and conditions, including signs of infection, which may be identified through pain, redness, swelling, throbbing and pus