Written by Frank Beck on May 28, 2019
This Is What Your Fingernails Are Warning You About: Organ Failure, Inflammation, or Worse
Health CareFingernails and disease don’t go together in most minds… but they should. Your fingernails can give you valuable health warnings and signal the presence of serious disease.
Take a good long look at your nails. Hold a hand level with your nose about a foot out from your face and scrutinize each one.
Look at the curves, dips, ridges, and grooves. Check out how thick or thin they are and if your nails are chipped or broken. Make a note of the color of the nail itself, the skin under it, and the skin around the nail.
Check your memory – have your nails always looked like this? Changes to your fingernails and disease onset are linked, so note any new developments. With this fresh view, compare what you see with this list of eight potential fingernail health warnings.
1. Discolored nails
A healthy fingernail should be pink with a touch of pinkish white (moons) near the base. If your nails are a dull color or streaked with other colors, you may have a serious hidden health problem.
-Green nails are a sign of bacterial infection
-Red streaks in your nail bed are a warning of a heart valve infection
-Blueish nails signal low oxygen levels in your blood
-Dull nails mean a vitamin deficiency
-White nails may signal liver disease, such as hepatitis
-Dark stripes at the top (Terry’s nails) are associated with aging and congesti… Read the rest