What is Dermatitis and what causes it? Dermatitis is also known as eczema. The term represents a group of inflammatory skin diseases. In medicine, all terms with ending – TITIS – mean inflammations. Dermatitis can refer to any skin inflammation. Many unique factors may cause skin inflammations – biological, chemical, mechanical, physical and internal. All forms […]
What is Psoriasis and what causes it? Psoriasis is a chronic, systemic, non-contagious autoimmune disease with periodic manifestations in the form of severe skin lesions and dermatitis. The skin manifestations are characterised by red itchy patches with white scales on top. The nails are often affected too. Symptoms on the nail surfaces appear as pitting
What are splinter haemorrhages and what causes them? Splinter haemorrhages appear like wood splinters under the nail and around the nail edges. The condition begins in the blood vessels of the nail bed, along the ridges, and is caused by mechanical traumatisation, or by underlying diseases that involve blood vessels. This includes vasculitis, endocarditis, diabetes and
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What is Onychomadesis or Nail Shredding? Onychomadesis or nail shredding can happen on any or all of you 20 nail units. With onychomadesis there is ‘abrasion’ (splitting or separation) of the nail plate at the proximal nail fold. It may cause symptoms like fever, mouth sores and skin rash that is mostly seen on the
What is Habit-tic and what causes it? Habit-tic is a nail condition which occurs due to repetitive external trauma to the nail matrix. It can be seen as multiple deep horizontal ridges which run across the nail plate from the cuticle area to the nail edge. The condition can also be known as onychotillomania, habit-tic
What is Hapalonychia and what causes it? Hapalonychia is also known as ‘eggshell nails’. A person with this condition will experience symptoms of thin, soft curved and brittle nails. The condition effects the nail matrix and the nail bed. Causes of Hapalonychia include malnutrition, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic diseases such as Raynaud syndrome, some medications and, also
What are nail grooves / depressions and what causes them? The condition renders to the changes in the nail matrix and nail bed, which can be damaged or affected chemically, biologically or mechanically. Whilst slight vertical nail grooves / depressions on the nail are normal and highlight the ridges of the nail bed, there are
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What are hangnails and what causes them? Hangnails are either a small spike of nail within the lateral nail folds or, more commonly, a torn piece of skin adjacent to a fingernail or toenail. It used to be the case that we defined a hangnail as a piece of skin but a reanalysis of the
What is Hyperhidrosis and what causes it? Hyperhidrosis is also known as ‘excessive sweating’. The condition is caused by hyperfunction of the sweat glands. It can appear in any area of the skin, but most commonly on the soles of the feet and in hands. The exact cause of Hyperhidrosis is still unknown, but scientific
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