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fingernails lines
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Miller answered
10 years experience Family Medicine
Lots of reasons: When you say "lines" it is difficult to say as there are many types of lines. The most common lines seen are longitudinal (running along the length o ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Romano answered
9 years experience Internal Medicine
Brown fingertips : There are two things that come to mind. Normal pigment from a person of dark color, or melanoma. Fungal infections also cause brown nails. The proper ... Read More
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Dr. William A Biermann answered
46 years experience Medical Oncology
Injury: Trauma and some illnesses can do this. Remember that nails are related to hair but grow more slowly so that an injury to them may show up over time.
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
25 years experience Psychiatry
Different causes: Black stripes down 1 nail may be subungual hematoma. Red or brown streaks may be splinter hemorrhages. Brown/black lines from nail plate to tip are o ... Read More
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
52 years experience Ophthalmology
Dermatologist: Your dermatologist is the best source for determining the cause and treatment of black lines in fingernails.
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Laurence Badgley answered
53 years experience General Practice
Blood clots : Tiny blood clots, usually broken off from heart valves then float to the end arteries of the fingertips and get caught in the capillaries of the nail ... Read More
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Kathleen Gilmore answered
26 years experience Urgent Care
Trauma vs infection: The most common cause of splinter like hemorrhages seen through the nail in the ail bed, come from trauma. I've had them in the past from tapping my n ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joshua Batt answered
9 years experience Emergency Medicine
Purple line on nail: Fingernails can have many different signs. Purple lines may represent a couple different things; mole/freckle at the nail base or splinter hemorrhage. ... Read More
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A 74-year-old member asked:
Dr. Colin Kerr answered
44 years experience Family Medicine
Black nail lines: It seems extremely unlikely that the Lipitor (atorvastatin) had anything to do with the black lines on your fingernails. There are two reasons: 1) thi ... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered
57 years experience Dermatology
6 months: Finger nails are completely replaced about every 6 months.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edward Keuer answered
Specializes in Dermatology
Keratin: Fingernails, like hair, are composed of a protein called keratin. Though made by specialized living cells in the nail matrix, keratin is a product and ... Read More
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