A typical nail polish restricts the passing of oxygen and water through your nail beds. But with a breathable nail polish, oxygen and water can pass through the polish and nails which allows for easily manageable nails. The water permeable polish will also give your nails a chance to breathe ...
Gel polish is another type that is painted on the nail and then cured under the heat of a lamp. The heat dries and hardens the polish quickly. This process is called photopolymerization, a method in which a liquid absorbs UV or visible light energy and undergoes fusion to become solid. A...
Painful or delicate nailbeds.Red, swollen, or inflamed nailbeds can be caused by doxorubicin, docetaxel, paclitaxel, and nab-paclitaxel. In some cases, this could lead to painful infections. Long-term side effects Some side effects might not show up for months or years after chemotherapy. Thes...
You may need to continue treatment for fungal nail infections for up to a year. For other types of infections, you should add up to 2 weeks of treatment after your symptoms have disappeared to make sure the infection doesn’t return. Always read the leaflet with your medication and ask a ...
Frecklesare flat, beige, or brown circular spots that typically are the size of the head of a metal nail. The spots are multiple and may develop on sun-exposed skin after repeated exposure to sunlight. These are particularly common in people with red hair and a fair complexion. They may ...
•The result is cyanosis (blue lips, nailbeds, skin tone) due to hypoxemia.Left to Right Shunts (Acyanotic Defects)•Oxygenated blood flows from the left side of the heart or the aorta (through a defect) to the right...
anemia, condition in which the redbloodcells (erythrocytes) are reduced in number or volume or are deficient inhemoglobin, their oxygen-carrying pigment. The most noticeable outward symptom of anemia is usually pallor of the skin, mucous membranes, and nail beds. Symptoms of tissueoxygendeficiency...
whereas rapidly developing anemia causes severe symptoms; if sufficiently severe and rapid in development, anemia can be fatal. The most noticeable symptom of anemia is usually pallor of the skin, mucous membranes, and nail beds. Persons whose anemia is due to increased destruction of red cells ...
Onyx comes through Latin (of the same spelling), from the Greek ὄνυξ, meaning “claw” or “fingernail”. Onyx with flesh-colored and white bands can sometimes resemble a fingernail. The English word “nail” is cognate with the Greek word. Onyx is formed of bands of chalcedony in...
Diapers, nail beds, folds of skin, the groin, and your sports shoes provide the ideal conditions for it to multiply. Nursing mothers can pass Candida back and forth between the oral cavity of the baby and their own skin. Obesity, poor hygiene, tight, synthetic clothing, excessive ...