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Nail Your Health! Fingernails can help determine some health related issues! - Lengthwise grooves of ridges
- May indicate a kidney disorder and is associated with aging.
- An iron deficiency may also cause ridges.
- Brittle nails
- Signify possible iron deficiency and thyroid problems, impaired kidney function, and circulatory problems.
- Yellow nails
- Can indicate internal disorders long before other symptoms appear.
- Some of these problems with the lymphatic system, respiratory disorders, diabetes, and liver disorders.
- Nails that chip, peel, crack, or break easily
- Show a nutritional deficiency and insufficient hydrochloric acid and protein.
- Minerals are also needed.
- Brittle, soft, shiny nails without a moon
- May indicate an overactive thyroid.
- White lines across the nail
- May indicate a liver disease.
- White lines length wise
- Show possible heart disease, high fever, or arsenic poisoning.
- Nails separated from the nail bed
- May signify a thyroid disorder.
- Nails raised at the base ("clubbing") with small white ends
- Show a respiratory disorder such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
- ("Clubbing" with lung disorders is one condition of the nails that is recognized by Standard Medicine.)
- Downward curved nail ends
- May denote heart, liver, or respiratory problems.
- Ridges running up and down the nails
- Indicate a tendency to develop arthritis.
- Lack of vitamin A and calcium causes dryness and brittleness.
- Vitamin B deficiency causes fragility, with horizontal and vertical ridges.
- Insufficient intake of vitamin B 12 leads to excessive dryness, very rounded and curved nail ends, and darkened nails.
- White bands can indicate protein deficiency.
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