Your nails tell you about your health
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According to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the qi and blood network in the nail area is most concentrated, and it is closely connected with the qi and blood of the body's joints and internal organs. The strength or weakness of the internal organs and the prosperity or decline of qi and blood can all cause changes in the nails. Modern science has proven the existence of this meridian, which can cause changes in the human body's bioelectric current and magnetic field. Therefore, nails are like the glory screen of the human body, which can accurately reflect the nutrition and health status of the human body. 1. The nail becomes thinner, with a sunken center and raised edges like a small spoon. This is called a spoon-shaped nail, also known as an inverted nail (to check whether the nail is sunken, you can place your finger flat on the table and drop a drop of water on the surface of the nail. If the water does not overflow, it is a spoon-shaped nail). Spoon-shaped nails are common in people with hypochromic anemia, rheumatic fever, hookworm disease, syphilis, fungal infections and hyperthyroidism. 2. The nails become thinner, grow slowly, become rough, and turn yellow, which is common in patients with diabetes, heart disease, peripheral circulatory disorders, anemia, etc. 3. Raised nails, curled nails around the fingertips, and frosted surface are often signs of critical illness, such as emphysema, tuberculosis, congenital heart disease, ulcerative colitis, cirrhosis, and certain malignant tumors. 4. The nails become thickened, hardened, opaque and dull, which is commonly seen in trauma, fungal infection, psoriasis, congenital pachyonychia and congenital ectodermal defects. If the nails become thick, yellow, bend too much at the sides, lose their luster, and grow slowly, it is common to have diseases of the respiratory system, lymphatic system, or thyroid gland. 5. Nail peeling (separation of the nail from the nail bed), the separated part is yellow or white, which is more common in solar dermatitis. The nails may separate in mica-like layers, which may be seen in severe hypochromic anemia. The nail plate gradually separates from the nail bed from the free edge, usually not exceeding half of the nail plate. This is mostly caused by people with paronychia, eczema or long-term soaking in hot water and soapy water. Dry, brittle nails that break frequently are a sign of thyroid disease. If your nails are brittle and yellow, you're more likely to have a fungal infection. 6. Nail atrophy and thinning are caused by local malnutrition, which can be seen in acral artery spasm, syringomyelia or leprosy. 7. The nails are in an inverted triangle shape, that is, the front end of the nail is large and the root of the nail is narrow, indicating a tendency to suffer from stroke and paralytic diseases. 8. Nails that are olive-shaped, that is, small at both ends and large in the middle, indicate poor cardiovascular function or a tendency to facial diseases. 9. If nail growth is noticeably slow, it may indicate psoriasis, neurodermatitis, disease in certain organs, or a lesion in the nail itself. 10. Horizontal grooves on the nails indicate malnutrition, or suffering from measles, mumps or heart disease. The several wavy horizontal grooves on the deck are like a washboard, which are mostly caused by paronychia, nail damage or tumor compression in the nail area. 11. Horizontal grooves appear on the nails. Some people have observed that when the human body is hit, injured or seriously ill, a horizontal groove will appear at the base of the nail. As time goes by, the horizontal groove gradually grows toward the end of the nail. It takes about half a year for the horizontal groove to grow to the end of the nail and disappear. Therefore, the appearance of horizontal grooves on your nails may indicate that you are ill and should pay attention to it. 12. Vertical lines on the nails may indicate a lack of vitamin A, or chronic inflammation in some tissues and organs of the body, or poor sleep quality. If vertical lines appear on the nails of all ten fingers at the same time, it may be a sign of liver disease. If only one nail appears, it may be caused by trauma. If the vertical lines are obvious, they are seen in peripheral circulatory disorders, lichen planus and keratosis follicularis. If the vertical lines are in the shape of beads, they are characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis. 13. Irregular pits on the nails are mostly caused by psoriasis. Rough nail surfaces may be an early sign of psoriasis or inflammatory arthritis. Psoriasis is a skin disease, and 10% of psoriasis starts on the nails. 14. No nails. Being born without nails is called congenital onychomycosis, which is related to genetic factors. Acquired aonychia is often caused by nail plate injury, burns or repeated inflammation. 15. A normal ratio of the half-moon arc at the base of the nail (accounting for 1/5 of the entire nail) indicates that the person is in good health. If there is no half-moon arc or it is too small, it indicates poor digestive function; if it is too large or out of proportion, it indicates high blood pressure or the possibility of stroke. People who have no half-lunar arcs on their ten fingers often suffer from anemia, neurasthenia, hypotension and other diseases. If the half-lunar arcs on their ten fingers are too large, it indicates that the body has lost its compensatory function and has chronic diseases. 16. Apply light pressure to the front edge of the nail. If the tissue at the base of the nail becomes rhythmically congested with the heartbeat, it is called nail capillary pulsation, which is mostly caused by diseases such as aortic valve insufficiency, arteriovenous atrophy, and hyperthyroidism. 17. Changes occur in the nail contour. If there is mild redness and swelling of the nail contour (often occurring on the side of the nail contour), it is more common in the early stages of dermatomyositis, lupus erythematosus and scleroderma. If the nail contour is locally red and swollen, accompanied by nail bumps and receding nail margins, it can be seen in some diabetic patients. Obvious redness and swelling of the skin around the nails are signs of nail fold inflammation. This could be a result of lupus or another connective tissue disorder. 18. Gray spots and wind spots on the nails, commonly known as onychomycosis, is a problem of the nails themselves. It is medically called onychomycosis and is caused by several types of epidermal fungi. It is advisable to get treatment early, otherwise it will spread and cause tinea manuum, tinea pedis and tinea corporis, etc. 19. Deformations of fingers or nails are often manifestations of chronic diseases. Next is the color of the nails. The following 24 colors are more representative. 1. If the nails are often white, it means that the body's blood is not sufficient and you may have anemia. 2. Nails that are dull and waxy in color are sometimes a sign of aging, but they may also be a sign of serious illness, such as ulcers, bleeding wounds, or chronic blood loss diseases such as worm diseases. For example, anemia, congestive heart failure, diabetes, liver disease and malnutrition. 3. Most of the area under the nail appears white, and the normal pink color is reduced to only a small strip near the fingertip. This may be a sign of hepatitis and cirrhosis. A nail that is mostly white but has a darker edge can indicate liver problems such as hepatitis. Yellow fingers are another sign of liver disease. 4. The distal part of the frosted white nails is reddish brown, which can be seen in chronic renal insufficiency and hyperlipidemia. 5. Horizontal white lines appear on the nails, which can be seen in metal poisoning such as arsenic and lead, or in Hodgkin's disease, pellagra, etc. 6. Two horizontal white lines on the nails often indicate a decrease in albumin in the blood, which is more common in hypoproteinemia of chronic kidney disease. 7. White spots or filaments appear on the surface of the deck, which is often a nutritional disorder, and is often a sign of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and kidney disease. 8. Nails are usually grayish white, which may be a sign of late-stage tuberculosis and heart failure caused by cor pulmonale. In addition, some completely white nails may be congenital, while others may be occupational. White patches and longitudinal stripes may appear on people's nails periodically. This is a common change in people's nails. It is not pathological and should not be worried. 9. Yellowing of nails generally indicates liver problems, mostly icteric hepatitis, but can also be seen in chronic hemorrhagic diseases. 10. Hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndrome and carotenemia can cause onychomycosis and also lead to yellow nails. 11. If the nails are not only yellow and thick, but also have a large lateral curvature and grow slowly, less than 20 mm per week, and there is pleural effusion and primary lymphedema, this is yellow nail syndrome. 12. If you see nails that look like hammered brass, this is caused by a little-known autoimmune alopecia that can cause partial or complete hair loss. 13. Fungal infection is the most common factor causing yellow nails. As the infection worsens, the nail bed may gradually shrink, causing the nail to become thicker and more brittle. Yellow nails may also indicate a more serious condition, such as severe thyroid disease or psoriasis, but this is less common. If you notice yellow discoloration around your fingertips, be alert to malignant melanoma. In addition, people who take tetracycline drugs for a long time may also have yellow nails. The nails of the elderly may turn slightly yellow due to degenerative changes in the nails. Long-term smoking may turn the nails yellow. These cannot be considered pathological nails. 14. If the nail root is crimson, while the middle and front end of the nail are pale white, most of them suffer from cough and hemoptysis. On the contrary, if the half near the tip of the nail is pink or red, and the half near the cuticle is white, it may be a sign of chronic aging. 15. All nails are crimson, which is a symbol of early pulmonary tuberculosis and intestinal tuberculosis (if the nails are pressed, the disease will be milder if the blood color recovers quickly, and the disease will last longer if the blood color recovers slowly). 16. The appearance of red spots or longitudinal red stripes under the nails indicates capillary bleeding, which may be due to high blood pressure, skin disease, heart infection or some underlying serious illness. 17. The erythema around the nails may indicate dermatomyositis or systemic lupus erythematosus erythematosus. 18. The appearance of a horizontal red band at the front end of the nail indicates gastrointestinal inflammation or heart valve prolapse or atrioventricular septal defect. 19. The nails are dark red. If the color of the pressure does not change, it indicates that there may be serious inflammation in an internal organ. 20. The nails are purple. This is a characteristic of heart disease and blood disease, reflecting lack of oxygen or abnormalities in certain components of the blood. If purple and pale appear alternately, it can be seen in peripheral arterial spasm. 21. The nails are blue. Patients with acute abdomen have cold limbs and their nails will suddenly turn blue. Pregnant women whose fetuses die in the womb will have persistent blue nails. In addition, some people have observed that blue spots on the nails may indicate poisoning or early cancer. Purple nails are often seen in congenital heart disease or lung diseases such as lobar pneumonia and severe emphysema. 22. The nails are green. Partial or complete greening of the deck is often related to occupational exposure to soapy water and detergents for a long time, and can sometimes be caused by infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa or green Aspergillus. 23. The nails are bluish green. It means the body is lacking oxygen. This could be a sign of a lung infection, such as pneumonia. Patients with diphtheria, lobar pneumonia, acute intestinal infectious diseases and esophageal foreign body obstruction have bluish nails. In Wilson's disease, copper metabolism is disturbed and blue nails may sometimes appear. Enterogenic cyanosis caused by eating unfresh vegetables and nitrite poisoning can cause normal low-iron hemoglobin to oxidize or high-iron hemoglobin to lose its oxygen-carrying capacity, resulting in tissue hypoxia, and thus skin cyanosis and blue nails. However, it should be noted that certain drugs such as sulfur, nitrites, atrazine, primaquine, etc. can also cause blue nails, with a blue half-moon shape at the base of the nails. The appearance of such nails may mean that the patient suffers from impaired blood circulation, heart disease or Raynaud's syndrome; it is sometimes related to rheumatoid arthritis or the autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus. 24. The nails are black. Most are caused by trauma. Bleeding under the injured nail is purple-red at first and turns purple-black over time. Increased melanin in the nail bed and deposition of heavy metal silver will produce dark brown nails. When there is paronychia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection under the nail or around the nail, the nails may be black or blue. Chronic renal failure often leads to obvious blackening of the distal end of the nail. Nails may also turn gray-black due to vitamin B deficiency, adrenal cortex insufficiency, gastrointestinal polyposis syndrome or long-term exposure to coal tar. In addition, there are two situations that must be paid special attention to. One is when the nails are black or brown, or freckled, which most commonly occurs on the thumb and big toe, especially when the nails and surrounding tissues are also brown or black, which may mean that you have a malignant tumor-melanoma. Second, when several black lines grow from the root of the nail (usually only grow to the middle of the nail), it indicates that cancer is or has occurred in the body. You should go to the hospital immediately for further examination, clear diagnosis, and early treatment. The above discusses some methods of diagnosing diseases by observing the nails. To diagnose diseases by observing the nails, you must examine the nails of both hands. When abnormalities appear on both hands, the diagnosis is more meaningful. At the same time, when observing the nails to diagnose diseases, one must also consider the patient's occupation and lifestyle, such as whether abnormal changes have occurred in the nails due to dyeing the nails or the influence of the work environment. Only by eliminating external factors can an accurate judgment be made. If we say that looking at the nails can tell a person's health condition, the basis for this is quite accurate, but it is a bit far-fetched to tell a person's fate from the nails, especially in modern society, almost all girls will decorate their nails, and even paint some flowers on them. There are also some new professions such as hand models, who decorate and maintain their hands even more than ordinary people. Therefore, it is not easy to see the true appearance of the nails on these people's hands, let alone infer their fate from it? Therefore, when we read palms, we should rely more on our wisdom rather than intuitive methods. Tips <br />Under normal circumstances, common changes in nail color are caused by malnutrition, so you should eat more black foods such as kelp, black beans, black sesame seeds, black fungus, etc. to balance your daily nutrition. You should not be picky about food, drink more water, eat more fruits, and eat and rest regularly. Aerobic exercise comes first. Never exercise in the morning. In the morning, basal blood pressure is high, basal body temperature is high, and adrenal gland activity is at least 4 times higher than in the evening. People with heart disease are prone to problems. It is recommended to exercise in the evening, 45 minutes after a meal. Second, get up at 6 o'clock in the morning and open the windows from 9 to 11 o'clock and from 14 to 16 o'clock. If you take a nap, the time is half an hour after a meal, and it is best to sleep for an hour. Going to bed at 10 to 10:30 p.m. and taking a hot bath before going to bed with the water temperature at 40-50 degrees will improve sleep quality. If the symptoms of nail disease do not improve, you should go to the hospital in time for early prevention and treatment. Follow Ziweifu’s official WeChat account to get more exclusive information on palmistry. |
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