If your Fingernails could talk
- November 9, 2020 at 10:10am
- by Dr. Vishwas Patel
- 1. Brittle nails
- poor nutrition especially low vitamin A, vitamin C or biotin
- hypothyroidism - 2. Yellow nails
- diabetes
- hypothyroidism
- psoriasis
- onychomycosis (nail fungus) - 3. Nail pits or depression
- psoriasis
- alopecia areata (Patchy baldness or rarely generalised)
- 4. Vertical ridges
- common with ageing
- iron deficiency anaemia - 5. Horizontal ridges
- zinc deficiency
- diabetes
- kidney conditions - 6. Dark streaks or marks
- broken blood vessels
- psoriasis
- endocarditis (heart infection)
- melanoma (if clean black streaks)
#For more information visit your skin specialist doctor
#Viksha skin clinic
#nail specialist doctor in ahmedabad, gujarat