Many people assume that all the toenails of discolored, thick, or otherwise abnormal appearance are infected with the fingernail of the toe's nails. In many cases, this is true, but there are many other symptoms that may cause discoloration and surface changes in the nails. I believe that these symptoms are not as effective as those claimed to be most fungal infections because these symptoms can not be treated with common pharmacotherapy used to fight nail fungus . In this article I will describe some of the most common symptoms that may cause nail changes. As a result, you can evaluate the difference in state of the nail completely different from fungus.
The most common reason why nails become discolored, thickened, strange, or otherwise abnormal is irrelevant to disease or infection. In most cases, the change in the nail is due primarily to the mechanical pressure. Tissue (nail matrix) that grows nails on the outside is fairly brittle, and even with mild pressure over time, this tissue can abnormally grow nails. This tissue covers the bone under the base of the nail behind what is commonly called a cuticle. Toys deal with the pressure all day at the tip of the toes and the tip of the toes. Pressure can take the form of a single fast event like heavy weight falling on the toes or gradually increase pressure as a person with long second toe repeatedly wearing perfect shoes Can be added. The injury lifts the nail from the underlying skin either because of direct injury to the nail matrix or due to the tedious pressure of colliding with the skin beneath the nail matrix or the nail itself. Pressure from the shoe due to inadequate fit or toe placed too far in front of the top of the shoe (birth position or slow deformation like hammer toe) can lead to thickened discolored nails is there. This is due to the build-up of the nails themselves and the hard tissues below. The nail softening agent can help dissolve some of the extra keratin (nail and skin material) accumulating in this area, but this process is irreversible. It is not unusual for the nail to become thicker when the nail ages. This is due to a combination of all the factors mentioned above, or is generally due to the excursion circulation or skin tissue quality.
Another common reason why claws discolor or become strange is due to diseases elsewhere in the body. There are many conditions that cause discoloration in nails. Diseases such as heart and kidney disease may cause red and brown color changes in the nails, respectively. Liver diseases and malnutrition may be formed by thin white lines across the nails, like chemical poisoning of various kinds such as arsenic and carbon monoxide. Completely white nails may also exhibit liver disease, thyroid disease, malnutrition and diabetes. Blue gray nails occur most frequently due to simple bleeding under the nail from injury, but can also indicate silver poisoning. Spleen-like red stripes can be connective tissue diseases such as cancer infections elsewhere in the body, pregnancies as well as various autoimmune arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and lupus as a consequence of cardiac infection. Chemotherapy may discolor the nails to varying degrees, even the nails are fragile and even loose.
Various skin conditions may change the appearance of nails. For example, psoriasis can cause oil droplets such as pitting of the nail and soils under the nail. Pitting corrosion can also be caused by a wide variety of allergic and autoimmune / rheumatic conditions.
The most important nail changes incorrect in fungi and wind appear as dark stripes in the nails. This streak begins at the base of the nail and can exhaust the edge of the nail. Unlike nail scratches, this discoloration is slightly better included vertically, it looks like a striped pattern and does not look like a spot. For dark skin people, this is a common finding, usually benign. For individuals with clean skin, especially those with pigmentary changes in the skin surrounding the nail's nest, this may indicate melanoma. This is a diagnosis that must be done quickly and accurately, as melanoma may become fatal. Doctors need to quickly evaluate the new dark stripes of the nails and surrounding skin. Suppose it is a fungus or it is possible that a breeze is a fatal mistake. Symptoms of higher risk factors for nail melanoma include new stripes on individuals with light skin, sharp changes (hypertrophy, darker etc.) with existing stripes, involvement of only one nail, Pigmentation, the new momentum of the elderly (60-79 years old), the stripe width over 3 mm, and the family history of melanoma.
As can be seen, numerous conditions can cause changes in the toes. With all fairness, we should not assume that every small change in the nail may indicate a serious disease. Changes in these types of nails are not common, but the underlying is that when considering the cause of abnormal nails it is not related to fungi.
