Once, there was a widely circulated rumor, which said like this:
The more crescent moon on your fingernails, the healthier you will be!
After that, after all parties spared no effort to refute the rumor, now everyone knows that this is totally ridiculous.
In fact, this conclusion is only a small step away from success-what serves as a barometer is not the number of crescent moon, but the change of crescent moon itself! Moreover, not only the crescent moon, but also other changes in nails are revealing changes in our physical condition.
I. White Crescent Moon
The crescent moon on the nail can indeed reflect the health status, but it does not depend on its number, but on whether its recent changes are drastic.
Generally speaking, the number of crescent moons per person is constant, which cannot be used as a basis for what. However, if the crescent moons themselves change greatly in a short period of time, one must pay attention to one’s body. Some changes in the body, such as hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, age and nutritional status, will affect the growth of the crescent moons.
2. Pestle finger
In addition to the enlargement of the tip of the finger/toe, the nail will also change. For example, the radian of the nail surface of the fingertip will obviously increase, and this abnormal change often takes many years to accumulate.
The clubbing and corresponding nail changes may indicate:
- The oxygen content in human blood is insufficient; Certain lung diseases; Intestinal inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, liver diseases and AIDS, etc.
3. Anti-armour
Anti-armour is also called [spoon-shaped armour], because at this time its appearance is really a bit like a spoon, sunken and soft, and this [sunken] can often hold a drop of water.
In most cases, the appearance of anti-armour may indicate:
- Iron deficiency anemia; Liver lesions (hemochromatosis) caused by excessive absorption of iron from diet; Heart disease, hypothyroidism, etc.
4. Nail Inversion
There is a kind of nail, its surface will appear a linear depression, this line is medically called Beau line.
Nail invagination may indicate:
- Nail growth suffered trauma, which can basically be understood as being [crushed] out; Some serious diseases, such as diabetes and peripheral vascular diseases; Some diseases that can cause high fever, such as scarlet fever, measles, mumps and pneumonia. Zinc deficiency.
Five, nail peeling
Many anti-Japanese dramas show revolutionary fighters being tortured by the enemy to peel their nails to obtain information. In fact, some diseases also cause nails to peel off and separate from the nail bed, which is called nail separation. Peeled nails are often white, yellow and green and opaque.
Nail peeling often occurs in the following situations:
- Trauma, forced separation, pain… infection, taking certain drugs or contacting certain substances (such as adhesives, etc.); Thyroid diseases and psoriasis.
6. Terry’s a
Nails look pale and white in color, with a narrow pink band on the fingertip. Such nails are called Terry’s nails.
There are usually the following possibilities for such nails:
- Normal elderly people will have this change due to aging. Some more serious diseases, such as liver disease, congestive heart failure, renal failure, diabetes, etc.
Seven, yellow nail syndrome
The last kind of nail change called yellow nail syndrome will turn yellow, thicker and grow slowly. There is also the possibility of skin loss at the root of the nail, such as molting of the nail or even peeling of the nail.
Yellow armour appears, which may be prompted:
- Suffering from respiratory diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, etc.; Lymphedema.
I didn’t expect that there were so many health secrets hidden in my small fingernails. If I found these abnormal changes in my fingernails or those around me, I must go to the hospital in time. Of course, don’t count your white crescent moon and say “the more crescent moon, the healthier it is”.