Nail color
and texture indicate how healthy you are. Healthy nails should typically sport
a pink tonw, but sometimes they may change in tone and texture, signifying a
deficiency in certain vitamins, minerals and nutrients. The nail is made of a
hard protein called keratin. A protein is one of the building blocks which make
up the body. With just a little time and care you can get healthy nails.
You nails speak about your health:
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White nails mean Liver
diseases, such as hepatitis.
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Yellowish, thickened,
slow-growing nails mean Lung diseases, such as emphysema.
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Yellowish nails with a slight
blush at the base mean Diabetes.
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Half-white, half-pink nails
mean kidney disease.
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Red nail beds mean heart
disease.
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Pale or white nail beds mean anemia.
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Pitting or rippling of the nails
surface means Psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis.
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"Clubbing," a
painless increase in tissue around the ends of the fingers, or inversion of the
nail mean Lung disease.
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Irregular red lines at the base
of the nail fold mean Lupus or connective tissue disease.
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Dark lines beneath the nail
mean Melanoma.
