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Thick nails

Thick nails: Contents
  1. Thick nails: Introduction
  2. Causes (31 conditions)
  3. Treatments
  4. Symptom Checker
  5. Videos
  6. Classifications
  7. News (1 listings)

Thick nails: Introduction

Thick nails: hardening of the nail plate. See detailed information below for a list of 31 causes of Thick nails, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Thick nails

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Thick nails: Symptom Checker

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Thick nails Treatments

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Thick nails

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Detailed list of causes of Thick nails

The list below shows some of the causes of Thick nails mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 31 causes of Thick nails

How Common are these Causes of Thick nails?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Thick nails. Of the 31 causes of Thick nails that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 1 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 28 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 31 causes of Thick nails

Conditions listing symptoms: Thick nails:

The following list of conditions have 'Thick nails' 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

  • Athabaskan severe combined immunodeficiency ... thick nails

    B

  • Baughman syndrome ... thick nails

    C

  • Christianson Fourie syndrome ... thick nails

    D

  • Dermatoosteolysis, Kirghizian type ... thick nails
  • Dermo-odontodysplasia ... thick nails
  • Dunnigan syndrome ... thick nails
  • Dunningan syndrome ... thick nails

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia ... thick nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia mental retardation syndactyly ... thick nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia trichoodontoonychial type ... thick nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia/ skin fragility syndrome ... thick nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, dominant type ... thick nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, dermolytic ... thick nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional ... thick nails

    F

  • Fairbank disease ... thick nails

    H

  • Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, type Christianson-Fourie ... thick nails

    I

  • Ichthyosis - alopecia - eclabion - ectropion - mental retardation ... thick nails

    K

  • Keratosis focal - palmoplantar, gingival ... thick nails

    N

  • Navajo poikiloderma ... thick nails

    O

  • Oligodontia, keratitis, skin ulceration and arthroosteolysis ... thick nails

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  • Classifications of Thick nails:

    Medical Conditions associated with Thick nails:

    Nail symptoms (235 causes), Finger symptoms (1062 causes), Toe symptoms (394 causes), Foot symptoms (1264 causes), Hand symptoms (1115 causes), Fingernail symptoms (226 causes), Toenail symptoms (226 causes), Limb symptoms (1215 causes), Leg symptoms (1696 causes), Arm symptoms (1340 causes)

    Symptoms related to Thick nails:

    Acroosteolysis, Athabaskan severe combined immunodeficiency, Athletes foot (2 causes), Baughman syndrome, Bleomond syndrome, Christianson Fourie syndrome, Dermatoosteolysis, Kirghizian type, Dermo-odontodysplasia, Dunnigan syndrome

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