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NAIL DISORDER

Nail disorder is a condition caused injury to the nail or disease or imbalance in the body.  There are several disorder of nail:  1. Leukonychia: This is a white line or spot on the nail plate which may be caused by air, which attract in the nail layer and this condition may be heredity. In this condition, no treatment is required as the spot will grow with nail plate.  2. Kaolonychia: This is a spoon shaped nail as nails are dispersed in the center and raised at the edge of nail like a spoon. Advice: Consult physician.  3. Effect of systematic disease: Sometimes occurrence of specific mark on nails such a transverse furrowing of the nails, a single furrow running across the nail, which indicates the occurring of specific disease. Different specific diseases have specific mark.  4. Brittleness: This is characterized by vertical splitting or separation of nail plate, layers of free edge of nail plate. In most cases nail splittin