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Onychorrhexis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Onychorrhexis (also known as "Brittle nails") is a brittleness with breakage of nails that may result from excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anore...
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Nail abnormalities are problems with the color, shape, texture, or thickness of the fingernails or toenails. ... Brittle nails are often a normal result of aging, but may also be due to certain diseases and conditions.
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Brittle fingernails are a common condition, occurring in about 20 % of people; more women than men develop brittle nails.1 Brittle nails usually break or peel off in horizontal layers, starting at the nail's free end.
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Fingernails vitamin deficiency causing dry and brittle nails may further lead to various health disorder including infectious diseases, thyroid, impaired kidney function and hindered blood circulation.
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Onychoschizia or splitting of the fingernails is a common problem seen by dermatologists.The term onychoschizia includes splitting, brittle, soft or thin nails. ... The usual cause is repeated wetting and drying of the fingernails. This makes them dry and brittle. This is often worse in low humidity and in the winter...
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... We conclude that biotin in most of the cases provides an effective therapy also for human patients with brittle nails.
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We also examined the relationship between a number of health and behavioral variables and brittle nails. METHODS: In all, 102 participants with either brittle or normal nails had two nails clipped and then analyzed for water content by a blinded investigator in the laboratory.
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