Pitted Fingernails

Fingernails are usually the second thing you observe on a person when seeing him, after his look. The reasons for doing this are various, but especially it is a good thing to see that a person is clean in all him, not just by his clothes.

Anyhow, there are some cases that do not depend on us but that can somehow be treated. It is characterized by a roughed look of the nail, eczema, crumbled nail, small depressions, yellow or red patches under the nail plate, thickening of the skin under the fingernails, white areas on the nail. Pitted fingernails are a disorder that we have no control upon. It appears when dealing with diseases like psoriasis, lichen planus, eczema, Reiter’s syndrome, and it can appear also in children. Appeared in children it is a normal fingernail condition.

In children, pitted fingernails appear mainly to those that have less than twelve years old. As a study was made on these children, it was discovered that the intralesional traimcinolone acetonide is a safe and very well tolerated means of treating the pitted fingernails in children. Anyhow, the pitting of the fingernails in children is not such a dangerous thing, that is why it is not recommended to be used on a regularly basis.

For those experiencing this disease also, the majority of the causes are the psoriasis. Is exists the possibility to have fingernail psoriasis without having a skin psoriasis. It will be seen as small indentations on the fingernails.  The treatment for this case can be the usage of Dovonex or Tazorac, but these medicines should be prescribed by a doctor.

Reiter’s syndrome, another cause of the pitted fingernails, appears usually on those that suffer from arthritis.

It can also be from a cause of fingernails injuries or from fingernails biting through the years.

In order to treat the pitted fingernails, you ought to use a cream, corticosterioids cream, which will improve your fingernail condition. You have to put the cream on your fingernails and then wrap them in cellophane, and stay like this all night long.

The best thing to do is always to have your fingernails moisturized. You can have this result by applying on daily basis oil on your nails, such an almond oil or olive oil. If you find yourself in this situation, you ought to cut your nails, and keep them short, so that they could be treated easily. While making a treatment, you should take care of your fingernails, and not expose them to external factors.

Therefore, one should use gloves when doing any house work, washing dishes, would not remove their nail polish with an acetone based nail polish remover, moreover it would be better if one ceases using nail polish for good, while doing the  .

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