1Case Study - Nailed it
Fingernails can be a indicator of systemic disease. Nailed it uses your phone camera to scan your nails and identify possible clinically significant findings.
A change in colour, size, shape or texture of finger- and toenails can be an indicator of underlying systemic disease. An appreciation of these nail signs, and an ability to interpret them when found, can help guide diagnosis and management of a general medical patient. This article discusses some common, and some more rare, nail changes associated with systemic disease.
- Damage to the nail matrix will lead to abnormalities in the nail plate.
- Changes that affect all 20 nails are likely to be due to an underlying systemic illness, drug or genetic mutation.
- Simple clubbing of nails is most commonly caused by an acquired thoracic disease.
- Recurrent nail infections and chronic paronychia can be a sign of underlying immunosuppression.
- The nails are a key site of abnormalities in connective tissue diseases and vasculitis.
Nailed it is a mobile phone app available on android and iPhone devices that can scan your nails and identify possibly significant findings.