Nail Disorders and Diseases

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Across
  1. 2. fingernails / named for the nail bed color, is usually caused by a lack of circulating oxygen in red blood cells.
  2. 5. / (bitten nails) chewed nails or chewed hardened skin surrounding the nail plate.
  3. 7. / split, brittle nails that have a series of lengthwise ridges giving rough appearance to surface.
  4. 8. spots (white spots) / whitish discolorations of the nail usually caused by minor injury to the nail matrix. Not related to body's health/vitamin deficiencies.
  5. 9. / living skin around the nail plate (often the eponychium) that becomes split or torn.
  6. 11. granuloma / severe inflammation of the nail in which a lump of red tissue grows up from the nail bed to the nail plate
  7. 14. nails / noticeably thin, white nail plates that are more flexible than normal and can curve over the free edge. Usually caused by improper diet, hereditary factors, internal disease, or medication.
  8. 15. / fungal infection of a natural nail plate
  9. 17. pedis / (athlete's foot) red or itchy rash on the skin of the bottom of feet and between to toes, usually between fourth or fifth toe.
  10. 19. / thickening of fingernails or toenails.
  11. 22. aeruginosa / common bacteria that can lead to bacterial infection that appears as a green , yellow, or black discoloration.
  12. 24. nail beds / condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, causing a dark purplish spot. These discolorations are usually due to small injuries to the nail bed.
  13. 25. / vertical lines running the length of the natural nail that are caused by uneven growth of nails or normal aging.
Down
  1. 1. / darkening of the fingernails/toenails; may be seen as a black band within the nail plate extending from base to fee edge.
  2. 3. / inflammation of the nail matrix followed by shedding of nail.
  3. 4. / separation and falling off of a nail plate from the nail bed; can affect fingernails and toenails
  4. 6. (spoon nail) / inverted or concave nails.
  5. 7. ram's horn, claw nails) / an enlargement of the fingernails or toenails accompanied by increased thickening and curvature.
  6. 10. pterygium / abnormal stretching of the skin around the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury, such as burns, or an adverse skin reaction to chemical nail enhancement products or an allergic skin reaction.
  7. 12. / (ingrown nails) nail grows into the sides of the tissue around nail.
  8. 13. lines / visible depressions running across the width of the natural nail plate, usually a result of major illness or injury that has traumatized the body.
  9. 15. / lifting of the nail plate from the nail bed without shedding usually beginning at the free edge & continuing at the lunula
  10. 16. hemorrhage / physical trauma, injury to the nail bed that damages the capillaries & allows a small amount of blood flow.
  11. 18. nail(folded nail) / highly curved nail plate usually caused by injury to matrix, but may be inherited.
  12. 20. / bacterial inflammation of the tissue surrounding the nail.redness, pus, and swelling are seen in skin fold adjacent to the nail plate
  13. 21. nails / nails turn a variety of colors, may indicate surface staining, a systematic disorder or poor blood circulation.
  14. 23. nails / increased crosswise curvature throughout the nail plate caused by an increased curvature of the matrix; edges of nail plate may curl around to form the shape of a trumpet, sharp cone at the free edge.