Your Nails can indicate illnesses
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:04 pm
What Your Nails Say About Your Health:
10 Possible Signs of Serious Conditions
Nail Appearance -Associated Condition
* White nails -Liver diseases, such as hepatitis
* Yellowish, thickened, slow-growing nails -Lung diseases, such as emphysema
* Yellowish nails with a slight blush at the base -Diabetes
* Half-white, half-pink nails -Kidney disease
* Red nail beds -Heart disease
* Pale or white nail beds -Anemia
* Pitting or rippling of the nail surface -Psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis
* "Clubbing," -a painless increase in tissue around the ends of the fingers
* inversion of the nail -Lung diseases
* Irregular red lines at the base of the nail fold- Lupus
10 Possible Signs of Serious Conditions
Nail Appearance -Associated Condition
* White nails -Liver diseases, such as hepatitis
* Yellowish, thickened, slow-growing nails -Lung diseases, such as emphysema
* Yellowish nails with a slight blush at the base -Diabetes
* Half-white, half-pink nails -Kidney disease
* Red nail beds -Heart disease
* Pale or white nail beds -Anemia
* Pitting or rippling of the nail surface -Psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis
* "Clubbing," -a painless increase in tissue around the ends of the fingers
* inversion of the nail -Lung diseases
* Irregular red lines at the base of the nail fold- Lupus