Fingernails can reveal so much about your health and lifestyle. Nails are made from tough keratin protein, taking many different shapes.
Normal healthy fingernails curve gently, both from side to side and from finger to nail front edge.
However if your nails curve down, over the tips, with a blunt end, together with swollen fingers, it could be a sign of Lung or Heart disease.
If your nails lose their gentle curvature and become flat it could be caused by iron or protein deficiency, it may also occur in Psoriasis and Diabetes.
Pitting as in the surface of a sewing thimble maybe Psoriasis and Alopecia areata. Nails can be vital indicators for your health, showing your diet, present and past illnesses, emotional state, infections, age and injury.
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Downward curving fingernails
My mom is 83 years old. She in in good health, no heart problems or lung problems. High Colesterol only. Her fingernails are curving downward and she is concerned. They are not discolored or deformed.
What is the name of this problem and can it be corrected.
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If the nail has also become more brittle and thinner, it could be what is called egg shell nails and has several causes: vitamin deficiency, or past illnesses. When the body is deprived of what is vital the hair and nails are usually the first to suffer. Talk to her doctor to see what he recommends for extra vitamin supplements. If this is the problem don't stress it isn't permanent.
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