Nail Disorders & Diseases Facts

When the nails turn a variety of colors it may indicate a systemic disorder called?

• nail discoloration
• blue nails

• nail chromatism
• nail pigmentation

What are wavy ridges caused by uneven nail growth usually results of an injury or illness called?

• Onychomycosis
• corregations

• Paronychia
• Koilonychia

A noticeably thin nail plate that is more flexible than usual due to diet, illness or injury is referred to as

• onychoschizia
• onychomycosis
• egg shell nails

• onycholysis

Depressions in the nail that run lengthwise or across resulting from injury or pregnancy is called

• Nail ridges
• Nail pitting
• Nail discoloration
• Beau's lines

  (furrows)

When the cuticle splits around the nail, what is it referred as

• nailcut
• hangnail (agnail)

• splitnail
• nailbreak

A dark purplish spot on the nail usually is the result of illness or injury is called

• onymelanin

• ingrown nail
• bruised nail
• nail fungus

An infected finger will show what signs?

• Redness, swelling, pain, warmth, pus, and difficulty moving the finger
• Green color, tingling, warmth, and dryness
• Yellow color, itching, dryness, and cracking
• Blue color, numbness, coldness, and dryness

If a client comes in with an infected finger, what should you do?

• Clean the infected finger, apply antibiotic ointment, and cover with a sterile bandage.
• Apply a heating pad to the infected finger to draw out the infection.
• Refer the client to a physician and do not perform the service

• Ignore the infected finger and hope it goes away on its own.

Whitish discoloration of the nails, usually caused by injury to the base of the nail is called?

• paronychia
• leukonychia
• koilonychia
• onychomycosis

Darkening spots or lines of the toenails and fingernails is referred to as?

• onychomycosis
• onychosis
• melanonychia
• paronychia