Black Streak Fingernail

Color and texture of one’s fingernails can say very much about the entire health. As part of the skin layer, nails are made up of protein, keratin, and a proper circulation gives the nails that healthy pink color. When there is a vitamin deficiency, a heart problem or some other diseases, one can see it only by looking at the fingernails.

Nutrition is very important in the overall health and the fingernails can give us a clue as whether or nor we are getting all of our necessary nutrition, especially regarding calcium and protein.

The color of our fingernails is very important to distinguish diseases that our body can have. Lung disorders such as asthma or emphysema can cause the nails to have a bluish color, while fingernails in blue streak may suggest skin cancer. Brownish fingernails could be a sign of folic acid deficiency. Internal organ problems, such as liver turn the fingernails’ color in dark cream. Zinc or iron deficiencies can cause white lines in nails appearance while a light green or turquoise colored nails are typically a symptom of a simpler problem such an allergy or stress.

The most feared signs of Fingernail discoloration, the ones that should make you seek medical advice, are Black Streaks, more common in darker skinned persons than in lighter skinned ones. They are indicative of heart problems or malignant melanoma. Malignant melanoma accounts for approximately 2 per cent of melanomas in Caucasians and 30 – 40 per cent of melanomas in patients with skin color. It occurs with equal frequency in males and females, appears most often in people over 50 years old but can develop at any age. Black Streaks usually appear around the top of the nail near the nail bed and are mostly very small.

Trauma can be the cause of Black Streaks that tend to run the length of the nail rather than around the top of the nail bed. There is also a deficiency in vitamin B12 that can cause Black Streak Fingernail because this vitamin is very important to the allover health.

In conclusion, Black Streaks in Fingernails are indicators of severe diseases and they appearance must alarm the person having them. The specialists’ advice is to see a doctor immediately because the diseases which Black Streaks can indicate are very damaging to the health of your body and not treated in time can cause even most damaging reactions in your organism.