About Nails

The nail is a product of the epidermis (the epidermis), corresponding to 3 dead skin layer stratum lucidum, stratum corneum, Straume disjunktum. We have nails to protect the toes and fingertips.

Fingernails grow 1 / 10 mm. In the days and upon removal, it takes approx. 3-4 months for the nail to grow out again. Toenails grow 1 / 40 mm. In the days and upon removal, it takes approx. 1 year for the nail to grow out again.

The nail grows best in summer and fingernail long man grows fastest, then the ring and index fingers, followed by the little finger and thumb. The nail grows even faster by filing the nail often.

The nail is 1 to 1.5 cm. Long and can be up to max. 4 cm. It is 1 / 3 mm. Thick and convex (upward arch) from side to side and front - rear, can be up to 1 mm thick. The shape may vary. Thick nails seen as a little white / yellowish nails Thin nails seen as a little pink nails.

Hands & Nails

Our hands are our business cards and reveals much about us. It is therefore always important to care for hands and nails. Hands and nails are almost always uncovered and therefore both visible and too vulnerable to all destructive influences such as soap and water, wind and weather, chemicals and the sun, etc. This coupled with the fact that our hands are actually the most fat-and moisture-poor part of the body means that we must protect them as much as possible. The best protection is of course gloves. Rubber gloves for wet work and thicker gloves for coarser work (eg gardening). It's a good idea to use thin cotton gloves inside rubber gloves, otherwise easily get hot and sweaty in the enclosed rubber gloves. It is important to remember that even warm water without soap works dissolving the skin.

Additionally, remember to native hands well with a good hand cream. (Remember to massage your nails extra good). Gradually meter with a normally developed adult (average) 17 cm. And consists of 28 bones in the hand and wrist. When muscles pulls on these bones may eventually carry 700,000 different movements.

The nails can be used for much other than to file, polish or nail biting in. The shape, color and the entire look can give both us and the doctor some tips on health status.
No medical examination is complete without the obligatory "Close your mouth and say, AHH. But the great doctor adds among" let me also just watch your nails. "Skin, hair and fingernails reveal a lot about the general condition (health). Therefore, you typically not allowed to wear nail varnish during operations, when, at my nails soon discover if you get too little oxygen or other.

Studies of the fingernails have been known since antiquity, and medical arts father Hippocrates recommended it as an aid to diagnosis. The method is still used, but few are aware of how much information about our health, we can find at the end of the finger.

The nails protect our fingertips with the many sensitive nerve connections from being damaged; nails reinforces the sense of touch and is useful when you have to grab small objects. In chemically similar to the hair, ie. predominantly composed of the protein keratin, which contains much sulfur. The nail is a product of the epidermis, corresponding to the 3 dead layer.

Nail biting = Onychophagy.

Deformities caused by nail biting. Can become permanent by the prolonged nail biting. Nail biting can also lead to "hang nail" Hang Nails, where a little extra nail-biting or tip at the edge of the nail are proliferating. It can also come from a very dry cuticles, or damage to the nail. If not treated, it can become deeper, more painful and cause infections. Cut and treated with antiseptics.

Neglehakskåret = Onychorrhexis.

Nail cracks parallel to the sides of the nail, directly from the free edge and onto the nail. Can arise when you cut out so it bleeds, thus may be a scar in hyponycion, so the nail continues to grow with a notch in. The nail may also have been damaged by root.

Wrinkled nails surroundings = Paronychia.

Is most common in people who have hands much in water with detergents. Keep hands dry skin's pH is in disarray. Citric acid is also recommended to neutralize the pH. The skin around the nails is like lifting and is the seat of bacteria.

Bruise on the nail = Bruised Nails.

Clots that have come after a stroke. Nail continued growth is dependent on the quantum of damages. If the dunker and is very painful, you can drill a small hole to relieve the pressure.

Nail Diseases = Onkypatier.

Some of the most common nail signs that can help detect any disease state, is following parts: Bau-stripes or you Beauske Transverse furrows. Pronounced the live-cal transverse furrows as previously stated, the white furrows across groretningen, across the nails that come from malnutrition or any serious illness in one period affect nail growth - such as measles, mumps and heart attacks. Strip can also be due to forearm nerves are pinned by the carpal bones.
Yellow-nail syndrome =.

The nails grow slower here, they become thicker and very hard and gets a yellow or yellowish green color. The reason may be chronic disorders of the respiratory system, thyroid gland or lymph system.

Two-tone nails.

One half of the nail towards the finger tip is pink or brown, while the other half into nod nail bed is white. This may be a sign of chronic kidney failure.

Spoon-nails.

The nail curves downward and have a flat or spoon-shaped fashion and are often yellow, orange or white. Attacks usually middle and ring finger. Spoon-nails occurs in iron deficiency anemia, syphilis, disturbed skjoldbrugskirtlen and rheumatic fever. Is also seen in normal aging.

Blue moons.

Is a bluish crescent moon. May indicate poor circulation, heart disease or Raynaud's syndrome, ie. cramps in the fingers, eaten away arteries especially after severe cold exposure, the disease occurs but also in connection with arthritis or a disease of the immune system, called lupus erythermatosus.

White spots = Leukjnychi.

Are white spots on the nail, resulting from air bubbles between the nail fins. These arise from knocks and bumps, thus leaving space between the "glued" plates. Lesions at the nail root growth layer appears later when the nail grows out. Be careful to use "neglebåndsskubberen with gentle hand and horizontally to the cuticle and not downward into the soft moon.

Clown Nails = Onychogryphosis.

Bows and grows downward, usually occur when an injury. The nail has extreme thickness, usually it's pointing fingers (they are used and jabbed the most). Can occur by a gastro - intestinal ailment.

Thickened nails = Onycholysis.

The nail separates from the substrate, particularly by margo liber. Psoriasis and ringworm is the most common causes, but it may also be caused by ingestion of antibiotics. The nail is very soft. In severe cases you should consult a doctor.

Nedgroet nails = Onychogryptosis.

The nail grows into the surrounding skin. The most common cause is too small shoes the toenails so kliver squeezed. It can also result from errors haircut. It is often very painful and should be treated.

Nail Fungus = onychomycosis.

The damage caused by different types of deformities, such as the nail plate is soft and pieces break off. The nail may become thick or irregular. White spots can appear on the nail, and these can become a breeding ground for bacteria. Treat. It is a svampemyceliet that invades nail substance.

Description of the nail.

Margo Liber = Free white edge
Margo lateralis = The visible hand edge of the nail can be corrected here.
Margo Occultus = The hidden side edge adjacent to neglefuren.
Sulcus Unguis = Neglefuren / cuticle
Vallum Unguis = Nail Violence, the skin that protects the nail.
Hyponychion = pericarp protects against ingress of dirt and sticking to the nail.
Cuticle = cuticle, protects against discoloration and nail penetration in general.
Solum Unguis = nail bed / nail bed skin under the nail, where there are lots of vervebaner and blood vessels.
Corpus = Nail body
Lunula = Nail moon there is little growth here, nail spirits here are often seen on the thumb.
Epinychion = Nail band. Never cut off.
Radix Unguis = nail bed, here joins forhorningsprocessen, nail cells to form much keratin, so tough.
Matrix Unguis = Nail mother is going growth here, nail cells shared and is alive.

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