What Your Nails Say About Your Health Summary:  Very white nails could mean Anemia Congestive heart failure Liver disease Malnutrition Yellow nails: fungal infection Bluish nails - not enough oxygen - could signal a lung problem or diabetes Rippled nails-inflammation or psoriasis Cracked or split nails-thyroid problems. Puffy nail fold - lupus - or  another connective tissue disorder Dark lines beneath a nail - could be skin cancer Overly bitten nails- OCD
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What Your Nails Say About Your Health

Summary: 

Very white nails could mean

  • Anemia
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Liver disease
  • Malnutrition

Yellow nails: fungal infection

Bluish nails - not enough oxygen - could signal a lung problem or diabetes

Rippled nails-inflammation or psoriasis

Cracked or split nails-thyroid problems.

Puffy nail fold - lupus - or  another connective tissue disorder

Dark lines beneath a nail - could be skin cancer

Overly bitten nails- OCD