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Causes of Fingernail symptoms

This section discusses 228 medical conditions causing Fingernail symptoms. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Fingernail symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Fingernail 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

  • Acanthokeratodermia ... thickened nails
  • Achrestic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Acrofacial dysostosis, Weyers type ... nail dysplasia
  • Acroosteolysis neurogenic ... thick fingernails, 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
  • Anonychia-onychodystrophy with brachydactyly type B and ectrodactyly ... 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

    B

  • Baughman syndrome ... thin nails
  • Biemond syndrome type 3 ... thickened nails
  • Brachydactyly type B ... absent nails
  • 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
  • Chloramphenicol-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Chondroectodermal dysplasia ... hypoplastic nails
  • Christianson Fourie syndrome ... abnormal 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 5, trisomy 5q ... Hyperconvex nails
  • Chromosome 5q duplication syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Chromosome 8, monosomy 8p ... abnormal nails
  • Chromosome 8p inverted duplication syndrome ... hypoplastic nails
  • Chromosome 9 trisomy syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Chromosome 9, trisomy ... Hyperconvex nails
  • Chronic anemia ... brittle nails, concave nails
  • Clouston syndrome ... nail hypoplasia, nail dysplasia
  • Congenital spherocytic anemia ... brittle nails
  • COPD ... blue nails
  • Copper deficiency-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Corpus callosum agenesis - blepharophimosis - Robin sequence ... thin nails
  • Corpus callosum, agenesis of, blepharophimosis Robin type ... thin nails
  • Cortical hyperostosis-syndactyly ... absent nails
  • Costello syndrome ... thin nails
  • Cycloserine-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails

    D

  • Deafness - onychodystrophy - osteodystrophy - mental retardation ... absent nails
  • Deafness onychodystrophy dominant form ... abnormal nails
  • Deafness, congenital onychodystrophy, recessive form ... absent nails
  • Del(1) (23-q25) ... abnormal nails
  • Deletion 10pter ... Thin nails
  • Deletion 8p ... abnormal nails
  • Dermatomyositis ... visible capillary loops under nail, shiny red areas under nailbed, numbness under nailbed, shiny red areas around nailbed
  • Digitorenocerebral syndrome ... absent nails
  • Dimorphic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Drug-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Duplication 5q ... Hyperconvex nails
  • Dyserythropoietic anemia, congenital type 1 ... thin nails
  • Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa ... absent nails

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia ... brittle nails, abnormal nail shape
  • Ectodermal dysplasia anhidrotic ... abnormal nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia mental retardation syndactyly ... curved nails
  • Ectodermal dysplasia trichoodontoonychial type ... abnormal nails
  • Ectrodactyly - Ectodermal Dysplasia - Cleft Lip/Palate Syndrome, Type 1 ... abnormal nails
  • Ectrodactyly - Ectodermal Dysplasia - Cleft Lip/Palate Syndrome, Type 3 ... abnormal nails
  • Ectrodactyly ectrodermal dysplasia ... brittle nails
  • Edwards Syndrome ... hypoplastic nails
  • EEC syndrome ... nail dysplasia
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with mottled pigmentation ... curved nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Ogna type ... curved big toenails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, dermolytic ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, junctional ... absent nails
  • Epidermolysis bullosa, pretibial ... nail abnormality
  • Ethanol-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails

    F

  • Faciothoracogenital syndrome ... thin nails
  • Fairbank disease ... narrow nails
  • Fibular hypoplasia or aplasia - femoral bowing - oligodactyly ... thin nails
  • Finlay-Markes syndrome ... brittle fingernails
  • Fitzsimmons-McLachlan-Gilbert syndrome ... nail abnormality
  • FLOTCH syndrome ... white nails
  • Focal dermal hypoplasia ... hypoplastic nails, narrow nails
  • Folate-deficiency anemia ... brittle nails
  • Friedel Heid Grosshans syndrome ... white nails
  • Fryns Syndrome ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Fuhrmann syndrome ... thin nails
  • Fuhrmann-Rieger-de Sousa 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

  • Generalized pustular psoriasis ... thickened nails
  • Gorlin-Bushkell-Jensen syndrome ... white nails
  • Gräsbeck-Imerslund disease ... brittle nails

    H

  • Halal Setton Wang syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Hay-Wells Syndrome ... absent nails
  • Hay-Wells syndrome, recessive type ... absent nails
  • Hemolytic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Hereditary hypothyroidism ... Brittle finger nails
  • Hereditary koilonychia ... concave nails, thin nails
  • Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, type Christianson-Fourie ... abnormal nails
  • Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome ... hypoplastic nails, curved nails, brittle nails
  • Hyperchromic Anemia ... brittle nails
  • Hypodontia - nail dysgenesis ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Hypodontia dysplasia of nails ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Hypomelanosis of Ito ... nail hypoplasia
  • Hypothyroid goitre ... Brittle finger nails

    I

  • Ichthyosis - alopecia - eclabion - ectropion - mental retardation ... abnormal nails
  • Imerslünd-Grasbeck Syndrome ... brittle nails
  • Ingrown nails ... nail tenderness, swollen toenail area
  • Inherited spherocytic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Iron deficiency anemia ... brittle nails, concave nails
  • Isoniazid-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails

    J

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

    K

  • Kawasaki disease ... pale nails
  • Keratosis focal - palmoplantar, gingival ... abnormal nails
  • Knuckle pads, leukonychia and sensorineural deafness ... white nails
  • Kumar levick syndrome ... abnormal nails

    L

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

    M

  • Macrocytic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Macrocytic Hyperchromic Anemia ... brittle nails
  • Manouvrier syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Marinesco-Sjögren I ... thin nails
  • Megaloblastic Anemia 1 ... brittle nails
  • Megalocytic-Normochromic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Melanoma ... Darkened area under nail
  • Mental retardation, Buenos Aires type ... abnormal nails
  • Methahemoglobinemia ... blue nails
  • Micrencephaly corpus callosum agenesis ... hyperconvex nails
  • Microcytic Anemia ... brittle nails, concave nails
  • Microcytic Hyperchromic Anemia ... brittle nails
  • Microcytic hypochromic anemia ... brittle nails, concave nails
  • Microcytic-Normochromic anemia ... brittle 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
  • Non-hereditary spherocytic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Normochromic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Normocytic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Normocytic-Normochromic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Nutritional anemia ... brittle nails
  • Nutritional Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle 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
  • Onchyomycosis ... split nails
  • Onycho-tricho-dysplasia - neutropenia ... brittle nails
  • Onychodystrophy - deafness ... absent nails
  • Onychodystrophy and anonychia with type B brachydactyly and ectrodactyly ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Onychotrichodysplasia and neutropenia ... brittle nails
  • Onychotrichodysplasia, chronic neutropenia and mental retardation syndrome ... brittle nails
  • 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
  • Pernicious anemia ... brittle nails
  • POEMS syndrome ... white nails
  • Poikilocytic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Popliteal pterygium syndrome, lethal type ... absent nails
  • Primary hypothyroidism ... Brittle finger nails
  • Proud-Levine-Carpenter syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Proximal subungual onychomycosis ... split nails
  • Psoriasis ... nail rash, split nails, thickening nails
  • Pterygium, Popliteal, lethal type ... absent nails
  • Pyridoxine deficiency-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle 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
  • Robinow syndrome, recessive form ... nail dysplasia
  • Robinson-Miller-Bensimon syndrome ... absent nails

    S

  • Scalp - ear - nipple syndrome ... brittle fingernails
  • Schinzel Giedion Syndrome ... hyperconvex nails
  • Schäfer syndrome ... thickened nails
  • Sclerosteosis ... nail dysplasia
  • Secondary hypothyroidism ... Brittle finger nails
  • Selective Vitamin B12 malabsorption with Proteinuria ... brittle nails
  • Selenium poisoning ... brittle nails
  • Sener syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • Septooptic dysplasia - digital anomalies ... absent nails, abnormal nails
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... brittle nails
  • Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Sideroblastic anemia, hereditary ... brittle nails
  • Sideroblastic anemia, pyridoxine-responsive, autosomal recessive ... brittle nails
  • Sideropenic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome ... nail hypoplasia
  • Soto's Syndrome ... brittle fingernails
  • Spherocytic anemia ... brittle nails

    T

  • Taurodontia - absent teeth - sparse hair ... thin nails
  • TDO type II ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Teebi-Kaurah syndrome ... absent nails
  • Tertiary hypothyroidism ... Brittle finger nails
  • Thumb deformity, alopecia, pigmentation anomaly ... thick fingernails
  • Tinea ... green nails, grey nails, brittle nails, thickening nails
  • Tooth and Nail syndrome ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Toxin-induced Sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails
  • Trichinosis ... hemorrhages under nails
  • Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Tricho-dento-osseous syndrome type I ... brittle nails, thin nails
  • Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1 ... thin nails
  • Trigonocephaly - bifid nose - acral anomalies ... absent nails
  • Trisomy 22 mosaicism ... abnormal nails
  • Tuffli-Laxova syndrome ... abnormal nails
  • 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
  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... brittle nails

    W

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

    X

  • X-linked sideroblastic anemia ... brittle nails, concave 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 medical complications: Fingernail symptoms:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Fingernail symptoms' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications 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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    List of 228 causes of Fingernail symptoms

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