Beau's lines
Visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate; usually result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body
Bruised nails
Blood clot forms under nail plate causing purplish spots
Discolored nails
Nail turns variety of colors, may indicate poor blood circulation
Leukonychia spots
White discoloration of the naol
Melanonychia
Darkening of the fingernails or toenails
Nail Disorders
Condition caused by injury or disease
Nail psoriasis
Tiny pits or severe roughness on the surface of the nail plate (non infectious)
Onychia
Inflammation of the nail matrix followed by nail shedding
Onychocryptosis
Ingrown nail
Onycholysis
separation of nail from nail bed without shedding
onychomycosis
a fungal infection of the nail
Onychophagy
Bitten nails
Onychorrhexis
Split or brittle nails
Onychosis
Any deformity or disease of the natural nail.
paronychia
Bacterial inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail causing pus swelling & redness
Pincer nail
Curvature throughout nail plate cause by matrix curvature. May curl at the free edge
pyogenic granuloma
Sever inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate.
Splinter hemorrhages
Caused my trauma or injury to the nail bed that damaged the capillaries & allow small amounts of blood flow
Plicatured nail
Type of highly curved nail caused my matrix injury, may be inherited