In the human body's various tissues and organs, nail texture is hard, the main components are keratin and calcium, play a role in protecting the fingers, at the same time, when the body has some disease problems, it may also be reflected from the nails, today's popular science article, to talk to you about the nail abnormalities may indicate those health problems.
Normal healthy nails, usually transparent, we see the color is more ruddy, and has a sense of gloss, the deck surface is smooth, every layer and texture, toughness and hardness are better, and at the root of the nail there will be a white crescent shape, if the body has related health problems, it may also affect the normal shape of our nails, therefore, sometimes from the nails appear related abnormalities, we can also know some clues related to health problems.
The nails are pale
If we look at the nails and find that the nails are pale, different from the original rosy feeling, we should pay attention to the relevant health problems that may occur.
There are many causes of pallor of nails, common including blood problems, such as anemia caused by insufficient red blood cells, caused by pallor of nails, and people with severe malnutrition, there may also be scaffolding, these conditions are often accompanied by fatigue, pallor and other symptoms, should be comprehensive relevant medical examination indicators to further judge.
Some patients with heart failure, especially patients with congestive heart failure, will also have a case of pallor of nails, which is due to the decline in cardiac contractility, insufficient blood output in the heart, resulting in a serious disease of insufficient blood supply to tissues and organs throughout the body, as a nail of the extremities will also be affected by insufficient blood supply, showing pale color, in addition to pallor of nails, congestive heart failure will also be accompanied by dyspnea, lower limb edema, night awakening and other symptoms, it is worth paying special attention to, should be timely conditioning and control.
Liver problems can also make the nails white, if our nails look white instead of light pink, and the edges are dark, it may be caused by liver problems, cirrhosis caused by "white nails" symptoms accompanied by finger jaundice, deserve special attention.
The nails are yellow
If the nails are white, most of them are related to problems such as insufficient blood supply to the fingers under the nails, and the yellowing of the nails is often caused by changes in the color of the nails themselves.
One of the most common causes of yellowing of nail color is fungal infection, which we usually call "onychomycosis" or "onychomycosis", and folk also call it "nail fungus" because the nails will turn gray-yellow, fungal infections will make the deck yellow, thicken, and may also make one side of the nail yellow or empty, while also affecting other adjacent nails. Pathogenic fungi can be found by fungal microscopy and culture, and formal antifungal therapy is required after diagnosis.
In addition, serious thyroid diseases, respiratory diseases caused by bronchiectasis, diabetes, psoriasis and other diseases may also lead to nail yellowing, thickening and other face-to-face problems, if there is a related abnormality, you should also pay attention to the possibility of screening the impact of related diseases.
Blue nails
The appearance of blue nails is often a common symptom of lack of oxygen in the body. Lack of oxidation in the body will lead to the appearance of "cyanosis" indications, and cyanosis fingers, embodied in the nails, will show blue-purple symptoms. Body hypoxia is often related to lung and heart-related diseases, such as emphysema, COPD, cor pulmonale and other diseases, which may cause hypoxia in the body and cause blue symptoms of nails.
The nails are uneven
This phenomenon is very common, with the increase of age, the appearance of uneven vertical lines on the nails will be more common, this situation may not be a disease problem, it may also be due to the lack of certain nutrients in the body caused, for friends with the above problems, may pay more attention to supplementing high-quality protein, various types of B vitamins and calcium and other nutrients in daily life.
In some cases, disease problems may also lead to uneven nails, such as psoriasis, early arthritis, etc., which may be accompanied by symptoms of uneven nails.
Nails are prone to cracking and delamination
If the nails are often prone to rupture and delamination, such nails become brittle and fragile symptoms, should pay attention to the possibility of thyroid disease, thyroid function disorders, there may be problems in the absorption and utilization of nutrients in the body, thereby affecting the normal state of the nails.
In addition, if the nail has symptoms of cracking and stratification, accompanied by yellowing symptoms, the possibility of fungal infection should be considered, and the function of the nail matrix of the nail, resulting in nail malnutrition, may also make the nail brittle and delaminated.
The skin around the nails is red and swollen
If the skin around the nails appears red or puffy, this condition is actually a kind of thyroid fold inflammation response, also known as paronychia, which is an inflammatory response, in the case of injury or minor trauma, there are often painful purulent infections leading to acute paronychia attacks, usually eliminated by anti-infection treatment; while chronic paronychia is a variety of causes, some systemic immune diseases, such as lupus and other connective tissue diseases, may also lead to redness and inflammation of the nail folds, colonization of yeast, secondary bacterial infection , may lead to the problem of chronic paronychia, chronic paronychia is prone to recurrence, should be standardized treatment and pay attention to minimize related irritation.
In addition to some of the common nail abnormalities mentioned above, there is also a problem that cannot be ignored, that is, if there are black stripes under the nails, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time, which may be caused by melanoma, which is a malignant skin tumor and should be checked for risks as soon as possible.
Finally, it should be noted that for the various abnormal symptoms that appear on the nails, in most cases are not specific symptoms of a disease, many times there is a small abnormality on the nails, it may also be a normal phenomenon of healthy people, therefore, pay attention to the health status and abnormalities of the nails, for the abnormalities that appear in time to screen for possible related health problems, it is very important, but do not put the abnormalities on the nails, think that there must be some kind of disease problem, Only by cooperating with relevant medical diagnostic examinations can we truly understand our own health status and do a good job in disease prevention and control.