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| Visible depressings running across the width of the natural nail plate; usually a result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body |
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| Condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, causing a dark purplish spot these discolorations are usually due to small injuries to the nail bed |
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| Nails turn a variety of colors; may indicate surface staining, a systemic disorder, or poor blood circulation |
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| noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge |
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| a;sp lmpw as agnail; a condition in which the living tissue surrounding the nail plate splits or tears |
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| Aka white spots; whiting discolorations of the nails, usually caused by unjury to the matriz area; are not related to the body's health pr vitamin deficiencies |
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| darkening of the fingernails or toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plate, extending from the base of the free edge |
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| Condition caused by an injury or disease of the nail unit |
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| a noninfectious condition that affects the surface of the natural nail plate causing tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate |
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| abnormal condtition that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate usually caused by serious injury such as; burns or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail enhancement products |
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| inflamation to the nail matrix followed by shedding of the natural nail |
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| Aks ingrown nails; nail grows into the side of the tissue around the nail |
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| lifting of the nail plate without shedding usually begging at the free edge continuing to the lunula area |
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| the seperation and falling off of the nail plate from the nail bed affects finger and toe nail |
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| fungal infection to the natual nail plate |
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| aka bitten nails; result of a habit of chewing the nail or chewing the hardened skin surrounding the nail plate |
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| split or brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving a rough appearence to the surface of the nail plate |
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| any deformity of the natural nails |
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| bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail causing pus, swelling, and redness, usually in the skin fold adjacent to the nail plate |
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| also known as trumpet nail; increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature or the matrix. The edges of the nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet or sharp cone at the free edge |
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| also know as folded nail; a type of highly curved nail usually caused by injury to the matrix |
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| one of several common bacteria that can cause nail infection |
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| servere 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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| vertical lines running through the length of the natural nail plate that are caused by uneven growth of the nails, usually the result of normal aging |
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| hemorrhages caused by trauma or injury to the nail bed that damage the capillaries and allow small amounts of blood flow |
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| medical term for fungal infections of the feet; red itchy rash of the skin on the bottom of the feet and or in between the toes usually found between the fourth and fifth toe. |
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