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A member asked:

M playing football amouterly and my thumbnails pits 5 6 times in a year, what could be reason of that?

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Pitting can be: A sign of a disease like psoriasis or habit related. Maybe you are rubbing it a certain way during a certain activity...Say when you play football etc....

Answered 3/10/2013

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Unsure: Nail dents/ pitting might be related to alopecia areata, reactive arthritis, eczema or psoriasis.

Dr Kuitems and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 11/5/2018

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