Can you really know your health status by the condition of your nails?!
Question: Can you really know your health status by the condition of your nails.?
my doctor once told me that you can tell alot of what may be wrong with a persons health just by looking at their nails
and i also read something about this.
he said something about the ridges in nails, the hardness of nails and things like that; you could tell if you are sick by the appearance of your nails.
anyone know if any of this is accurate or any details of this nail theory.?Health Question & Answer
and i also read something about this.
he said something about the ridges in nails, the hardness of nails and things like that; you could tell if you are sick by the appearance of your nails.
anyone know if any of this is accurate or any details of this nail theory.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
I can tell you from personal experience that once I stopped drinking, it showed in my nails, the growth after I stopped was much healthier.
Just like the eyes are the window to the soul, so are the nails," says Tamara Lior, MD, a dermatologist with Cleveland Clinic Florida. Lior says she once convinced a patient to have his lungs checked after noticing a bluish tint to his nails, a sign that he wasn't getting enough oxygen. Sure enough, he had fluid in his lungs.
Warning signs for many other conditions, from hepatitis to heart disease, may also appear when previously healthy fingernails undergo changes, according to Joshua Fox, MD, director of Advanced Dermatology and spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology. "Changes in the nails can be a sign of a local disease like a fungus infection or a sign of a systemic disease like lupus or anemia," Fox tells WebMD.
He says he sometimes tries to guess if a person has anemia by looking at his or her nails. He explains that pale, whitish nail beds may indicate a low red blood cell count consistent with anemia.
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Just like the eyes are the window to the soul, so are the nails," says Tamara Lior, MD, a dermatologist with Cleveland Clinic Florida. Lior says she once convinced a patient to have his lungs checked after noticing a bluish tint to his nails, a sign that he wasn't getting enough oxygen. Sure enough, he had fluid in his lungs.
Warning signs for many other conditions, from hepatitis to heart disease, may also appear when previously healthy fingernails undergo changes, according to Joshua Fox, MD, director of Advanced Dermatology and spokesman for the American Academy of Dermatology. "Changes in the nails can be a sign of a local disease like a fungus infection or a sign of a systemic disease like lupus or anemia," Fox tells WebMD.
He says he sometimes tries to guess if a person has anemia by looking at his or her nails. He explains that pale, whitish nail beds may indicate a low red blood cell count consistent with anemia.
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i think the doc failed med school
i can tell somebodys heath just looking at them
nails!!!!!! pleaseHealth Question & Answer
i can tell somebodys heath just looking at them
nails!!!!!! pleaseHealth Question & Answer
they nails can tell you if there is something wrong some of the timeHealth Question & Answer