Find Nail Disease

Did you know your nails can reveal clues to your overall health? A touch of white here,

a rosy tinge there, or some rippling or bumps may be a sign of disease in the body.

Problems in the liver, lungs, and heart can show up in your nails. Learn what secrets

your nails might reveal.

Certain nail changes are specific for various dermatological disorders.

In addition, examination of nails may also provide an insight into more sinister

systemic manifestations in the form of both subtle as well as specific changes.

These findings may present as a defect of various anatomical components of the nail unit;

nail matrix, nail plate and/or nail bed or vasculature.

Since then many more nail findings have been found to be associated with systemic diseases.

Therefore, examination of the nails should be an integral part of a complete dermatological

examination. Clinicians must acquaint themselves with these nail findings as they can provide a

clue in diagnosing certain systemic diseases. Moreover, at times, some nail changes can be a

presenting feature before other signs of a systemic disease become clinically evident. With the

convenience with which all 20 nails can be examined; certainly, they serve as an important

diagnostic tool. Fingernails usually provide more accurate information than toenails, because

clinical signs on toenails are often modified by trauma.

This app has been created for suggestion purposes. Only for guide. To determine the reason

behind a nail abnormality, people should visit a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

The dataset of images used to create the machine learning model that this app uses has been created from the dataset in:

https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5398573.v2

Thanks to the author of dataset Seung Seog Han.

I Dermatology Clinic, Seoul, Korea

Source datasets:

The dataset of images used to create the machine learning model that this app uses has been created from the dataset in: https://figshare.com/articles/Model_Onychomycosis_Training_Datasets_JPG_thumbnails_and_Validation_Datasets_JPG_images_/5398573

Thanks to the author of dataset Seung Seog Han.

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