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  2. Leukonychia - Wikipedia

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    It is also caused by trauma. In most cases, when white spots appear on a single or a couple of fingernails or toenails, the most common cause is injury to the base (matrix) of the nail. When this is the case, white spots disappear after around eight months, which is the amount of time the nails take to regrow completely.

  3. Mees' lines - Wikipedia

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    Mees' lines can look similar to injury to the nail, which should not be confused with true Mees' lines. [1] Mees' lines appear after an episode of poisoning with arsenic, [2] thallium or other heavy metals or selenium, [3] opioid MT-45, and can also appear if the subject is suffering from kidney failure. [4] They have been observed in ...

  4. Muehrcke's nails - Wikipedia

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    Muehrcke's lines were described by American physician Robert C. Muehrcke (1921–2003) in 1956. In a study published in BMJ, he examined patients with known chronic hypoalbuminemia and healthy volunteers, finding that the appearance of multiple transverse white lines was a highly specific marker for low serum albumin (no subject with the sign had SA over 2.2 g/dL), was associated with severity ...

  5. 6 things your nails could tell you about your health - AOL

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    Pale white nails If your fingernail beds are looking a little ghostly, you may have anemia due to low levels of iron. This could lead to low levels of oxygen, which causes the skin and tissues to ...

  6. Onychomycosis - Wikipedia

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    As the infection progresses the nail can become brittle, with pieces breaking off or coming away from the toe or finger completely. If left untreated, the skin underneath and around the nail can become inflamed and painful. There may also be white or yellow patches on the nailbed or scaly skin next to the nail, [7] and a foul smell. [8]

  7. A Head-to-Toe Guide to Treating Dry Skin - AOL

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    If you have a truly dry scalp, it will likely appear pale and produce small, easily removable white flakes, Davis says. (Dandruff flakes, by contrast, tend to be bigger and oilier and may have a ...

  8. Onycholysis - Wikipedia

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    Onycholysis is a common medical condition characterized by the painless detachment of the nail from the nail bed, usually starting at the tip and/or sides. [1] On the hands, it occurs particularly on the ring finger but can occur on any of the fingernails. It may also happen to toenails.

  9. White spots on skin: What are they and are they dangerous? - AOL

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