Nail bed information

Nail bed may refer to: Nail bed (anatomy), the skin beneath the nail plate Bed of nails, a device sometimes used in meditation and physics demonstrations...

A bed of nails is an oblong piece of wood, the size of a bed, with nails pointing upwards out of it. While it appears at first glance that anyone lying...

Fluctuation (increased ballotability) and softening of the nail bed only. No visible changes of nails. Mild clubbing - Loss of the normal <165° angle (Lovibond...

"ingrown nails" (unguis incarnatus), can affect either the fingers or the toes. In this condition, the nail cuts into one or both sides of the nail bed, resulting...

infection of the nail. Symptoms may include white or yellow nail discoloration, thickening of the nail, and separation of the nail from the nail bed. Fingernails...

in which the nail grows so that it cuts into one or both sides of the paronychium or nail bed. While ingrown nails can occur in the nails of both the hands...

A bed of nails tester is a traditional electronic test fixture used for in-circuit testing. It has numerous pins inserted into holes in an epoxy phenolic...

medical condition characterized by the painless detachment of the nail from the nail bed, usually starting at the tip and/or sides. On the hands, it occurs...

Nail polish (also known as nail varnish in British English or nail enamel) is a lacquer that can be applied to the human fingernail or toenails to decorate...

Purpura (/ˈpɜːrpjʊərə/) is a condition of red or purple discolored spots on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. The spots are caused by bleeding...

eyelid heals. Trauma to the nail can cause the nail plate to be torn from the nail bed. Unlike other types of avulsion, when a nail is lost, it is not typically...

edges of the nail bed with or without resultant flattening or concavity of the nail; separation of the nail from the underlying nail bed, often in thin...

racquet nails, the width of the nail bed and nail plate is greater than their length.: 657  The condition is painless and asymptomatic. Racquet nails usually...

fingernails may become severely deformed after years of nail biting due to the destruction of the nail bed. Nail biting may have an association with oral problems...

Artificial nails, also known as fake nails, false nails, acrylic nails, nail extensions or nail enhancements, are extensions placed over fingernails as...

the nail bed. It may be associated with Darier's disease. Apparent leukonychia is caused by changes in the nail bed that are visible through the nail plate...

laceration of the nail bed causes bleeding into the constricted area underneath the hard nail plate. The blood pools under the nail, giving a reddish...

tinea pedis (athlete's foot), and tinea unguium (fungal infection of the nail bed). "Definition of Ringworm". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

underlying the free edge of the nail plate on the nail. Its proximal border is immediately distal to distal limit of nail bed—a.k.a. the onychodermal band...

followed by Alternaria and Exophiala. While melanocytes are found in the nail bed and matrix, most of them are dormant or quiescent. Melanocyte activation...

by a thumb being relatively short and round with an accompanying wider nail bed. The distal phalanx of affected thumbs is approximately two-thirds the...

cause thickening of the nails with areas of pitting, ridges, irregular contour, and even raising of the nail from the nail bed. Squamous-cell carcinoma...

Hook nail is a bowing of the nail bed due to a lack of support from the short bony phalanx (fingertip).: 660  The nail plate has volar concavity and a...