Abnormal Fingernails

Fingernails are like a mirror. According to doctors they reveal one’s state of health. In other words, the way they look mean how healthy one is. So, if you have an undiscovered disease the nails will be the first ones to show you signs that something is not ok. In these situations abnormal fingernails appear.


What are abnormal fingernails and how they can be depicted? First of all, normal look of fingernails include a pinky color, no spots and a fine surface. Anything apart from these means that there are some disorders or just a lack of nails care. Let’s see the most commonly met situations and so, classify the abnormal fingernails, along with their specifications.

1. Yellow color of the fingernails. This situation appears as a smoking cause. The nicotine in the cigarettes makes tour nails be so. Needles to say this habit has so many harmful effects for your whole body system. And apart from this, you will gain an unaesthetic aspect of your fingernails. Of course, giving up smoking is the remedy, but as this can not be done just immediately because of the addiction at least try to reduce the number of the cigarettes per day and also try to take some vitamins.

2. Spots on the fingernails or lines. These situations appear as a vitamin deficiency. It is time for you to make a review of your life style. There are 3 situations. First is it the white spots: they appear because of a lack of calcium. Consequently, take some alimentary supplements and add in your daily menu more vegetables, fruits-sources of vitamins and minerals. The second situation is about black or dark spots: they appear as a sing, an alarm of the fact that on your organism there are too many toxins. It may be because of smoking, because of drugs or usually appears to those working in mines. The last situation is also about dark, black spots on fingernails: they appear as a result of a crunch, a trauma. For example, if you strike your nails with a hard blunt object: the cells under nail are destroyed, some blood coagulates and so one will remain with a sort of bruise under the nails.

3. Curved fingernails. Normal fingernails grow straight, but because of some lungs problems, respiratory, kidney problems they may be curved up or down. Besides their annoying and anesthetic aspect they reveal severe medical issues, so tit is time to make some medical analysis and depict the problem in time.

All things considered, abnormalities of your fingernails are in fact the result of an unhealthy life style, the side effect of some diseases. In one way it is good that nails give you signs like these, as one can depict quickly a certain unpleasant situation.