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What does it mean when someone who is diabetic has flaky toenails?
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Onychodystrophy: Diabetes can cause metabolic and circulatory changes to the toe, affecting the nutrition of the nail. This can cause textural and other changes to the nail.
Answered 2/17/2013
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