Most of today's women carefully monitor themselves, and all the time doing a manicure. Therefore, most likely, they do not notice some changes on the nail plates, for example, white bands. Such defects can be temporary and permanent, located along or across. It is important for every woman to know what white strips on nails of various types mean, because their presence indicates a violation of the functions of internal systems and organs, the development of sluggish diseases.
What is the cause of white longitudinal strips on the nails?
The main factors contributing to the disruption of the normal growth of the nail plate are rheumatoid arthritis, circulatory pathologies and psoriasis. But there are other diseases that can be diagnosed on the vertical strips on the nails, paying attention to their distinctive features.
If the described defects are located at the outer edges of the nail plate, hypertension, the pathology of the heart, most likely takes place.
With neurological disorders, thickening of the nail's center occurs, and its entire surface is covered with thin, even longitudinal strips.
Often there are noticeably elevating shortcomings of the nail plate. Such white strips on the nails arise due to the development of the following diseases:
- inflammation of the pancreas;
- bowel dysfunction;
- lichen;
- trauma of the bed or matrix of the nail plate;
- Iron-deficiency anemia;
- hormonal imbalance ;
- gout;
- acute shortage of vitamin B12.
What do white cross strips mean on the nails of the hands and feet?
In medicine, the described clinical phenomenon is called leuconichia. The most common causes of this condition are:
- infection, in particular - ARVI, salmonellosis and influenza;
- deficiency of vitamins and nutrients, minerals, especially calcium, zinc;
- myocardial infarction;
- pathology of the kidneys and urinary system;
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system;
- cardiac and vascular diseases;
- neuropsychic disorders;
- violation of digestibility of food in the intestine;
- stress;
- onychomycosis .
It is worth noting that more than half of all cases of treatment to a specialist with complaints about the appearance of white strips on the nails is a fungus infection. Differentiate mycosis quite simply - in addition to the described symptom there is a strong exfoliation and destruction of the nail plates, they turn yellow and crumble, quickly break down.