HealthDay News — Severe psoriasis, nail pitting, and the use of retinoids were identified as possible risk factors for development of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) among patients with psoriasis, according ...

Ridges in nails can develop due to a current or past illness or injury. A healthy nail is typically smooth or has barely perceptible vertical lines running from the cuticle to the tip. When there are ...

Results found nail changes in patients with alopecia areata (AA) can occur before, after, or independent of hair loss with the most common nail problems including pitting, ridging, and white spots.

Diagnosing conditions of the nail can be confounding. Patients may experience delays in treatment due to challenges in diagnosis. While the nail may seem like a cosmetic concern, nail diseases can ...

Nail fungus and nail psoriasis are two conditions that affect the nails. They have similar symptoms, and you can have both fungus and psoriasis at the same time, but they are different and have ...

Onychomycosis is the most common disease of nails, with a prevalence of up to 14% in Western adult populations. Whereas tinea unguium refers strictly to dermatophyte fungal infection of the nail plate ...