Fingernails Tell Your Health

Posted in: Uncategorized by weddingcometrue | August 28th 2009 | no comments

In Traditional Chinese medicine examining parts of the body such as tongue or fingernails provide information about the status of one’s health. If something is happening in the interior of one’s body than it surely will be reflected on the exterior of the body.

Colors, shapes configurations and distortions in the general shape of the Fingernails can Tell a great deal about Your Health. Respiratory medical diagnosis can be given by the shape of the Fingernails. If the shape of the fingernails is shorter than normal this can show Bronchitis or any other respiratory disease. So in order to know how Your Health is you should look at your Fingernails because they Tell you the truth.

The fingernails problems may occur because of one or more diseases, being said that fingernails are the mirror of ones health. For example the yellow nail syndrome where nails grow slower may result from a chronic bronchitis; nail pitting is common at people with psoriasis or the persons suffering from a chronic dermatitis; spoon nails, the nails which are scooped out mostly because of an iron deficiency or if the person is suffering from anemia; Terry’s nails which are opaque nails with a dark band are caused by aging or more seriously, are a sign of diabetic or congestive heart failure. Nails which are separated from the nail bed can be caused by thyroid disease or can be a drug reaction. There are also nail tools which can transmit infections and can spread nail fungi, staph bacteria or even viruses.

To avoid some of the diseases caused by the tools used in manicure one can use gels or cream cuticle removers instead of cuticle scissors in order to stop the viruses and the infections. Fingernails Tell Your Heath and for this reason you must go immediately to the doctor if the appearance of your fingernails is not looking as it should