Saturday, 2 August 2014

Dermatology Made Simple : Changes in Nails in Systemic Disease 2


Onycholysis:

This term is used to describe detachment of nail from its nail bed.

Causes:

Mechanical causes


Manual trauma

Systemic Diseases:

Thyrotoxicosis

Psoriasis

 Onycholysis


Pitting:

This refers to small pits or depressions on nail surface

Causes

It is usually associated with several systemic disease such as:

Psoriaisis

Alopecia areata

Lichen planus

 Nail Pitting

Thickening of Nails:

These can occur in a variety of conditions:

Chronic nail trauma

Fungal infections

Psoriasis


Leuconychia:

This means the color of nails is white.

It is seen with low protein states such as Hypoalbuminemia and 

Liver diseases causing cirrhosis of Liver

 Leuconychia of nails






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