Streaks or spots on the nails

Introduction The nail is concave, which means that there are some horizontal stripes, vertical stripes and spots on the nails. This change in nails is closely related to pathological changes such as low function of the tissues and organs of the body, destruction of tissue structure, and atrophy.

Cause

Chinese medicine pointed out that this change in nails is closely related to the low function of the tissues and organs of the body, and the pathological changes such as destruction and atrophy of the tissue structure. Chinese medicine believes that nails are the external glory of viscera, qi and blood, and are directly related to the body's visceral meridians, which can fully reflect human physiology and pathological changes. By observing the shape, size and color of the nail, it can reflect the basic condition of a person's health. Brown vertical lines or longitudinal cracks appear on the surface of the nail, extending from the fingertips to the root of the nail, indicating intestinal inflammation or pre-existing vitamin deficiency and iron deficiency.

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Vertical pattern:

The surface of the nail is not smooth enough, and there are straight lines of straight lines, which usually appear after overwork and overuse of the brain. When the sleep is insufficient, these vertical lines will be clearly displayed. If the vertical lines are always present, it may be a chronic lesion of the internal organs. If you don't nurse it, your nails will become uneven and even crack open as your condition progresses.

Horizontal stripes:

The horizontal stripes on the nail are a record of the lesions that have occurred. In other words, when there are horizontal stripes on the nails, some lesions must have appeared in the body. Generally speaking, at the beginning, the horizontal stripes are only at the lowermost end of the nail, and as the nail grows, it gradually moves upward, which indicates that the time from the onset is getting closer.

spot:

There are a few white spots on the nails, usually calcium deficiency, silicon deficiency or parasitic diseases; the number of white spots is more, which may be a sign of neurasthenia.

If the yellow spots appear on the nails, you may develop diseases of the digestive system.

If black spots appear on the nails, be careful. The light ones are just overworked and malnourished. The severe ones may be a sign of gastroptosis, stomach cancer, and uterine cancer.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of other nail changes:

The nails in the middle fingernails have a concave texture on the middle finger. The body has too much uric acid, muscle soreness, fingernails on the edges of the fingers, depressions, arteriosclerosis and cancer may grow.

The pinky fingernail has a streak that refers to the streaking of the nail polish in the little finger, which means that the throat has a variation, the nervous system has a bad change, and the gallbladder function is poor.

The nails lose their luster and are in a state of thinness and brittleness. White streaks are common in arsenic poisoning. Arsenic has affinity with hair and nail keratinized tissues. Whether it is chronic arsenic poisoning or acute arsenic poisoning, it is still alive after poisoning. More than one week, more arsenic can be found in the hair.

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