Nail Disorders & Diseases

why is it important to understand nail disorders and diseases?

• You must be able to recognize conditions to be able to diagnose and provide in-salon treatment.

• You must be able to identify conditions and prescribe at-home treatments.

• You must be able to identify conditions and determine if they can be treated in the salon.

• You must be able to recognize conditions so you do not work on any nails with diseases or disorders.

Jessica notices that a few toes on her client's feet seem to have a fungal infection. Jessica suggests that the client start a regimen of regular foot soaks as well as using tea tree oil, and that if she does this she does not need to see a podiatrist. Jessica's manager overhears this conversation and is unhappy with Jessica. Why?

• Clients only want their nails taken care of; they do not want medical advice.

• Clients can become embarrassed by discussing a fungal infection.

• Nail technicians do not get paid to be doctors and should not offer free medical advice.

• Cosmetologists should not provide any medical advice.

________ is also known as athlete's foot.

• Herpes simplex

• Verruca

• Tinea manus

• Tinea pedis

Which of the following is a nail disease that requires the attention of a physician?

• Hangnails

• A bruise on the nail bed

• Paronychia

• Plicatured nails

Which of the following nail disorders show signs of depressions running across the width of the nail plate due to a slowing production of Matrix cells, which causes the nail plate to grow thinner and is usually the result of serious illness or injury?

• Bruised nail bed

• Beau's lines

• Eggshell nail

• Nail psoriasis

Which of the following nail disorders displays as dark purplish spots usually due to a small injury to the nail bed?

• Bruised nail bed

• Ridged nail

• Onychophagy

• Splinter hemorrhage

Which of the following nail disorders shows symptoms of the nail turning a variety of colors, which may indicate surface staining, a systemic disorder, or poor blood circulation?

• Leukonychia

• Onychorrhexis

• Melanonychia

• Discolored nail

Which of the following nail diseases is associated with rapidly growing and contagious bacteria that can cause an infection, and in early stages is seen as a yellow-green spot?

• Onycholysis

• Paronychia

• Tinea pedis

• Pseudomomas aeruginosa

Which of the following ail diseases is associated with fungal infections of the feet, or athlete's foot?

• Onycholysis

• Pyogenic Granuloma

• Tinea Pedis

• Onychia

Which of the following isa nail disease associated with the separation of the nail plate and bed due to injury or allergic reactions?

• Onycholysis

• Ridged nail

• Tinea pedis

• Plicatured nail