1. Nail Disease and Disorder
Spring exam review

2. Blood clot under nail forms a dark spot
Bruised nail
Blood clot under nail forms a dark spot

3. More flexible than normal Can curve over edge of finger
Eggshell Nails
Thin, white nail plate
More flexible than normal
Can curve over edge of finger

4. Depressions running across width of nail plate
Beau’s lines
Depressions running across width of nail plate
Caused by major illness or injury

5. Living skin around nail plate splits and tears
Hangnail
Agnail
Living skin around nail plate splits and tears
Never cut this living skin

6. White spots caused by minor injury
Leuchonychia spots
White spots caused by minor injury

7. Caused by too much melanin More common in dark skinned people
Melanonychia
Darkening of nails
Looks like a black band
Caused by too much melanin
More common in dark skinned people

8. Bitten or chewed fingernails
Onychophagy
Bitten or chewed fingernails

9. Ridges Verticle lines running the length of the nails
More common in older people

10. Long thin blood stains under nails Caused by injury
Splinter hemorrhages
Long thin blood stains under nails
Caused by injury

11. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Common pathogenic bacteria
Can grow under fake nails
Yellow to green to brown to black
Smells cheesy
We CANNOT treat it

12. Onychocryptosis
Ingrown toenails

13. Nail plate lifts, but does not shed
Onycholysis
Nail plate lifts, but does not shed

14. Paronychia Bacterial infection of tissue around nail
Red, pus, swelling, pain

15. Fungal infection of feet
Tinea Pedis
Athletes foot
Fungal infection of feet