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Contents: Nail symptoms

Introduction: Nail symptoms

Further information about Nail symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Nail symptoms: Fingernail symptoms, Toenail symptoms, brittle nails, blue nails, brown nails, thickened nails, Nail ridges, Tooth and nail syndrome or other types.

Nail symptoms: Symptoms affecting the fingernails or toenails. See free access online books about Nail symptoms below. See detailed information below for a list of 249 causes of Nail symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Nail symptoms:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Nail symptoms. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Nail symptoms:

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Nail symptoms

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Diagnostic Guides for Nail symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts Read excerpts from published book sections related to Nail symptoms from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Nail symptoms. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Nail symptoms

Medical Books Excerpts

Nail Disorders

  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"

NAIL CHANGES

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"

PALLOR OF THE FACE, NAILS, OR CONJUNCTIVA

  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"

Nail Phenomena/Clubbing

  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic tests for Nail symptoms:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Nail symptoms. Some of these are listed below :

  • Physical examination
    • Inspect fingernails and toenails from the side - to determine if there is true clubbing i.e. a loss of the angle between the nail bed and the finger. A subtle sign may be an increased in sponginess of the proximal nail bed.
    • Inspect nail for nature of abnormality
    • Temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure
    • Heart and lung examination to detect any signs of cardiac or respiratory disease as a possible cause of finger clubbing

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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Nail symptoms. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  • How long have you noticed problems with your nails?
  • What particular nail symptoms do you have? - e.g. discoloration, pale nails, brittle nails, nail bed infections, thickening of the nails, spoon shaped, clubbing of the nails, separation of nail from nail bed, pitting of the nails, lengthwise ridges - Changes in the nails can prove very helpful in diagnosis of systemic disease.
  • Are the abnormalities focal (localized) or diffuse (widespread)? - Focal abnormalities include thickening (which is often due to fungal infections), inflammation (usually due to paronychia, onychia, fungal infection or syphilis), hemorrhages under the nail (due to trauma, subacute bacterial endocarditis or trichinosis), pitting of the nail (may be due to psoriasis) and atrophy of the nail (which may be due to peripheral vascular disease, epidermolysis bullosa, nail biting or peripheral neuropathy. Diffuse abnormalities of the nail may include thickening of the nails (due to syphilis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, clubbing, cyanotic heart disease, bronchiectasis, lung cancer), yellow nails (due to lymphoma or chest conditions) or spoon nails (due to iron deficiency anemia).
  • Risk factors for fungal nail infection? - e.g. wearing of occlusive footwear, overcrowding of toes, communal bathing areas, poor peripheral blood circulation.
  • Risk factors for iron deficiency anemia? - e.g. heavy periods, pregnancy, vegetarianism, peptic ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding, celiac disease and frequent blood donations.

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Nail symptoms) may include:

  • Blue nails? - may suggest cyanosis, Wilson's disease, ochronosis, hemochromatosis or ingestion of certain medications.
  • Red nails? - may suggest polycythaemia and carbon monoxide poisoning.
  • Yellow nails? -many suggest Yellow nail syndrome. Nails are thickened with a diffuse yellow to green color with separation of the distal nail plate from the nail bed. May be due to lymphedema, pleural effusion (collection of fluid around the lung), bronchiectasis, Hodgkin's lymphoma, uterine cancer, malignant melanoma or lymphoma
  • White nails? - may suggest hypoalbuminaemia (reduced albumin in blood) which may be due to chronic liver disease, severe malnutrition, nephrotic syndrome, protein losing gut disease.
  • Nail and finger clubbing? - e.g. a loss of the angle between the nail bed and the finger. A subtle sign may be an increased in sponginess of the proximal nail bed. May be associated with cyanotic congenital heart disease, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, Celiac disease, lung cancer, lung abscess, asbestosis, liver cirrhosis and thyrotoxicosis.

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Organs affected by Nail symptoms:

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Detailed list of causes of Nail symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Nail symptoms mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 249 causes of Nail symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Nail symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Nail symptoms. Of the 249 causes of Nail symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 8 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 11 causes are "common" diseases
  • 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 3 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 9 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 228 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 249 causes of Nail symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Nail symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Nail symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acrofacial dysostosis, Weyers type ... nail dysplasia
  • Acroosteolysis neurogenic ... thick fingernails, abnormal nails, abnormal nails
  • Amelo-onycho-hypohidrotic syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Anemia ... brittle nails, concave nails
  • Anemia, hypochromic microcytic ... brittle nails
  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency ... brittle nails
  • Anonychia - microcephaly ... absent nails
  • Anonychia - onychodystrophy ... absent nails
  • Anonychia onychodystrophy brachydactyly type b ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Antley-Bixler Syndrome ... narrow nails
  • Antley-Bixler-like syndrome - ambiguous genitalia - disordered steroidogenesis ... narrow nails
  • Aplasia/hypoplasia of pelvis, femur, fibula, and ulna with abnormal digits and nails ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Athabaskan severe combined immunodeficiency ... thick nails

    B

  • Baughman syndrome ... thick nails, thin nails
  • Biemond syndrome type 3 ... thickened nails
  • Brachydactyly type B ... absent nails
  • Brachydactyly, type A5, nail dysplasia ... nail abnormalities
  • Bullous dystrophy, macular type ... abnormal nails

    C

  • Cataract and congenital ichthyosis ... abnormal nails
  • Cataract, alopecia, sclerodactyly ... thick fingernails
  • Chemical pneumonia ... blue toenails
  • Chitayat Meunier Hodgkinson syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Chondroectodermal dysplasia ... hypoplastic nails
  • Chromosome 10p terminal deletion syndrome ... thin nails
  • Chromosome 19p duplication syndrome ... hypoplastic nails
  • Chromosome 21, tetrasomy 21q ... hypoplastic nails
  • Chromosome 3, trisomy 3q ... hypoplastic nails
  • Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Chromosome 8p inverted duplication syndrome ... hypoplastic nails
  • Chromosome 9 trisomy syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... blue nails
  • Clouston syndrome ... nail hypoplasia, nail dysplasia
  • Corpus callosum, agenesis of, blepharophimosis Robin type ... thin nails
  • Cortical hyperostosis-syndactyly ... absent nails
  • Costello syndrome ... thin nails
  • Cote-Katsantoni syndrome ... nail abnormalities

    D

  • Deafness onychodystrophy dominant form ... abnormal nails
  • Deafness, congenital onychodystrophy, recessive form ... absent nails
  • Dermatomyositis ... visible capillary loops under nail, shiny red areas under nailbed, shiny red areas under nailbed, numbness under nailbed, numbness under nailbed, shiny red areas around nailbed, shiny red areas around nailbed
  • Dermatoosteolysis, Kirghizian type ... thick nails
  • Dermo-odontodysplasia ... thick nails
  • Digitorenocerebral syndrome ... absent nails
  • Dunnigan syndrome ... thick nails
  • Dunningan syndrome ... thick nails
  • Dyserythropoietic anemia, congenital type 1 ... thin nails
  • Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa ... absent nails

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia ... thick nails, brittle nails, nail abnormalities, abnormal nail shape
  • Ectodermal dysplasia anhidrotic ... abnormal nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia mental retardation syndactyly ... thick nails, curved nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia trichoodontoonychial type ... thick nails, abnormal nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia, Margarita type ... nail abnormalities
  • Ectodermal dysplasia/ skin fragility syndrome ... thick nails
  • Ectrodactyly ectrodermal dysplasia ... brittle nails
  • Edwards Syndrome ... hypoplastic nails
  • EEC syndrome ... nail dysplasia
  • Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, dominant type ... thick nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with mottled pigmentation ... curved nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type ... curved big toenails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, dermolytic ... thick nails, absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional ... thick nails, absent nails, absent nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, pretibial ... nail abnormality

    F

  • Faciothoracogenital syndrome ... thin nails
  • Fairbank disease ... thick nails, narrow nails
  • Fernhoff-Blackston-Oakley syndrome ... nail abnormalities
  • Fitzsimmons-McLachlan-Gilbert syndrome ... nail abnormality
  • FLOTCH syndrome ... white nails
  • Focal dermal hypoplasia ... hypoplastic nails, narrow nails
  • Freire-Maia odontotrichomelic syndrome ... nail abnormalities
  • Fryns Syndrome ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Fuhrmann syndrome ... thin nails
  • Fukuda-Miyanomae-Nakata syndrome ... thin nails
  • Fungal nail infections ... brown nails, brittle nails, infected nails, thickened nails, cloudy nails, lifted nails

    G

  • Goldblatt-Wallis syndrome ... nail abnormalities
  • Gorlin-Bushkell-Jensen syndrome ... white nails

    H

  • Halal Setton Wang syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Hay-Wells Syndrome ... absent nails
  • Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type ... absent nails
  • Hereditary koilonychia ... concave nails, thin nails
  • Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, type Christianson-Fourie ... thick nails, abnormal nails
  • Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome ... hypoplastic nails, curved nails, brittle nails
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... nail hypoplasia

    I

  • Ichthyosis - alopecia - eclabion - ectropion - mental retardation ... thick nails, abnormal nails
  • Ichthyosis and male hypogonadism ... nail abnormalities
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... nail abnormalities
  • Ingrown nails ... nail tenderness, swollen toenail area
  • Iron deficiency anemia ... brittle nails, concave nails

    J

  • Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Jeune syndrome ... nail dysplasia
  • Jugular lymphatic obstruction sequence ... hyperconvex nails, narrow nails

    K

  • Kaplan-Plauchu-Fitch syndrome ... nail abnormalities
  • Kawasaki disease ... pale nails
  • Keratosis focal - palmoplantar, gingival ... thick nails, abnormal nails
  • Keratosis palmoplantar periodontopathy ... nail abnormalities
  • Keratosis palmoplantaris papulosa ... nail abnormalities
  • Knuckle pads, leukonychia and sensorineural deafness ... white nails
  • Kumar levick syndrome ... abnormal nails

    L

  • Leprechaunism ... nail dysplasia
  • Leukonychia totalis ... white nails
  • Limb-mammary syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Lymphedema - ptosis ... abnormal nails

    M

  • Manouvrier syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Marinesco-Sjögren I ... thin nails
  • Melanoma ... Darkened area under nail
  • Meleda Disease ... nail abnormalities
  • Mental retardation, Buenos Aires type ... abnormal nails
  • Methahemoglobinemia ... blue nails
  • Moloney syndrome ... abnormal nails

    N

  • Nail conditions ... Brittle nails, Abnormal nail shape
  • Nail dysplasia, isolated congenital ... abnormal nails
  • Nail-Patella Syndrome ... nail hypoplasia, absent nails
  • Navajo poikiloderma ... thick nails

    O

  • Oculo tricho dysplasia ... brittle nails
  • Odonto-tricho-ungual-digito-palmarn syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Odontomicronychial dysplasia ... thin nails
  • Odontoonychodermal dysplasia ... abnormal nails
  • OLEDAID ... abnormal nails
  • Oligodontia, keratitis, skin ulceration and arthroosteolysis ... thick nails
  • Onychodystrophy - deafness ... absent nails
  • Onychodystrophy and anonychia with type B brachydactyly and ectrodactyly ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Onychotrichodysplasia and neutropenia ... brittle nails, nail abnormalities
  • Oro acral syndrome ... abnormal nails

    P

  • Pachyonychia congenita recessive ... white nails
  • Pachyonychia congenital syndrome ... hypoplastic nails
  • Pachyonychia congenital syndrome type II ... hypoplastic nails
  • Pallister-Hall Syndrome ... nail dysplasia
  • Palmoplantar keratoderma punctate, hereditary ... abnormal nails
  • Paronychia ... red toenail skin, toenail infection
  • Patel-Bixler syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Pectus excavatum macrocephaly dysplastic nails ... abnormal nails
  • POEMS syndrome ... white nails
  • Proud-Levine-Carpenter syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Psoriasis ... nail rash, split nails, thickening nails

    R

  • Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Reiter’s syndrome ... thick fingernails, opaque fingernails, thickening of skin around the nails, brittle fingernails
  • Robinow syndrome, autosomal recessive ... nail dysplasia
  • Robinson-Miller-Bensimon syndrome ... absent nails

    S

  • Scalp - ear - nipple syndrome ... brittle fingernails
  • Schäfer syndrome ... thickened nails
  • Schinzel Giedion Syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Sclerosteosis ... nail dysplasia
  • Selenium poisoning ... brittle nails
  • Sener syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Septooptic dysplasia - digital anomalies ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome ... nail hypoplasia
  • Soto's Syndrome ... brittle fingernails

    T

  • Taurodontia - absent teeth - sparse hair ... thin nails
  • TDO type II ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Teebi-Kaurah syndrome ... absent nails
  • Thumb deformity, alopecia, pigmentation anomaly ... thick fingernails
  • Thymic-Renal-Anal-Lung dysplasia ... nail abnormalities
  • Tinea ... green nails, grey nails, brittle nails, thickening nails
  • Trichinosis ... hemorrhages under nails
  • Tricho odonto onycho dermal syndrome ... nail abnormalities
  • Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome ... brittle nails, thin nails, thin nails
  • Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome type I ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Tricho-odonto-onychial dysplasia ... nail abnormalities
  • Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1 ... thin nails
  • Trigonocephaly - bifid nose - acral anomalies ... absent nails
  • Trigonocephaly - broad thumbs ... nail abnormalities
  • Trisomy 22 mosaicism ... abnormal nails
  • Trueb-Burg-Bottani syndrome ... nail abnormalities
  • Turner Syndrome ... hypoplastic nails, hyperconvex nails, narrow nails

    U

  • Unusual facies and autosomal dominant hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia ... thin nails

    V

  • Ventruto Digirolamo Festa syndrome ... absent nails

    W

  • Watermelon stomach ... Brittle nails
  • Weaver Syndrome ... thin nails
  • Williams Syndrome ... hypoplastic nails
  • Witkop syndrome ... Hypoplastic nails

    Y

  • Yellow nail syndrome ... cross ridges on nails
  • Yunis Varon syndrome ... nail hypoplasia

    Z

  • Zanier-Roubicek syndrome ... brittle nails
  • Zimmerman-Laband syndrome ... absent nails

    Conditions listing complications: Nail symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Nail symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Athlete's foot ... toenail hardening, toenail yellowing

    D

  • Dyshidrotic dermatitis ... thickened nails

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    • Causes of Nail symptoms Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Nail symptoms based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Nail symptoms?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Nail symptoms, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Nail symptoms:

    Subtypes of Nail symptoms:

    Fingernail symptoms (172 causes), Toenail symptoms (172 causes), Brittle nails (18 causes), Blue nails (2 causes), Brown nails (1 cause), Thickened nails (3 causes), Nail ridges, Tooth and nail syndrome, Nail abnormality (32 causes), White Nails (6 causes), Brittle fingernails (3 causes), Fingernail bleeding, Fingernail blueness, Fingernail bruise, Fingernail itch, Fingernail lump, Fingernail rash, Toenail bruise, Toenail pain, Toenail Rash

    Medical Conditions associated with Nail symptoms:

    Fingernail symptoms (172 causes), Toenail symptoms (172 causes), Finger symptoms (765 causes), Toe symptoms (346 causes), Foot symptoms (680 causes), Hand symptoms (858 causes), Limb symptoms (1021 causes), Leg symptoms (1067 causes), Arm symptoms (1068 causes)

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