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| Visible depressions running across width of the natural nail plate. |
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| Condition in which a blood clot forms under the nail plate, forming a dark purplish spot, usually due to injury. |
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| Wavy ridges caused by uneven nail growth; usually result of illness or injury. |
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| Noticeably thin, white nail plate that is more flexible than normal. |
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| Depressions in the nail that run either lenghtwise or across the nail; results from illness, injury,stress or pregnancy. |
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| Condition in which the eponychium or other living tissue surrounding the nail plate becomes split or torn. |
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| Redness, pain, swelling, or pus; refer to phtsician. |
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| Whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the matrix area; white spots. |
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| Darkening of the fingernails or toenails, may be seen as a black band under or within the nail plate, extending from the base to the free edge. |
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| Condition caused by an injury or disease of the nail unit. |
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| Condition that affects the surface of the natural nail plate, causing it to appear rough and pitted, as well as causing reddish spots on the nail bed and onycholysis. |
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| Abnormal conditions that occurs when the skin is stretched by the nail plate; usually caused by serious injury or allergic reaction. |
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| Antrophy or wasting away of the nail; caused by injury or disease. |
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| Overgrowth in thickness of the nail; caused by local infection, internal imbalance, or may be hereditary. |
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| Inflammation of the nail matrix with shedding of the nail. |
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