Abnormal Finding
Abnormalities in color, shape, and texture may reflect:
- Abnormality of nail itself
- The skin under the nails
- The periungual area
- Systemic problem reflected in nail changes
- Color
- Terry nail: White nail (Liver disease)
- Pigmentation: (Chemotherapy)
- Transeverse band: (On Doxorubicin)
- Shape and appearance:
- Texture
- Dry and brittle: (Iron def anemia, fungal infection)