White Fingernails

Look carefully at your fingernails and you may notice subtle variations in texture or color such as shades of white or red, and their surface exfoliation. You may not know, but your nails provide valuable clues for your health. A healthy nail is pink fleshed appearance, without spots or stripes and without being exfoliated. The moment your nails do not belong to the description above, you should think that there is a possibility that your body should have different problems.

Not only do your white fingernails indicate a lack of vitamins and minerals, but they may indicate various diseases such as hepatitis or cardiovascular disease. There are also great opportunities for "brutal" change in terms of nail appearance to show that there is an infection or something more serious than that, diseases such as lupus (a disease of the skin, mucous membranes and tissues) or anemia. Some doctors try to detect anemia on patients' nails carefully. "Pale" or too white fingernails may indicate that they have a low amount of red blood cells.

Here are some examples of what our nails appearance show:
White fingernails - indicate liver disease;
Yellow, thick, grown hard nails indicate lung diseases such as emphysema (swelling and excessive expansion of distal head (non-respiratory) of lung bronchus);
Half white, half pink nails indicate diabetes.

It is true that not all persons with Diabetes, for example, embrace change the appearance of nails, but when this happens you should consult a doctor and have better care in terms of nutrition. To strengthen nails, avoid infections and improve the appearance, trying to keep account of these tips:
- Keep your nails clean and dry, and always provide a secure manicure;
- Avoid bite your nails or use them for purposes that generate their damage (hollow in the ground, cleaning, etc.);
- Apply daily nail and cuticle cream. For example, a cream containing lactic acid, prevents peeling and broken nails;
- File your nails in one direction in order to avoid nail exfoliating;
- Do not cut your cuticles because this may lead to their infection. If you mind, push them to the base;
- Avoid nail solvents containing acetone and choose one based on oil;
- If you have false nails, always check if you have black spots appeared on the nail surface (this is a sign of bacterial infection);
- Adopt a balanced diet and take vitamins containing biotin (this is found in brewer's yeast, wheat bran, wheat germ, liver, kidney, soy, melon, cabbage, black grape molasses, eggs, oats, nuts and nuts);

- Eat as much as possible foods containing vitamin A (wheat flour, corn flour, pepper, green onions, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, apricots, prunes), vitamin C (lemons, oranges, broccoli, strawberries, watermelon red pepper, mango , cabbage, spinach, blueberries, apples, etc.), vitamin B 12 (liver, dairy products, eggs, seafood - crabs, clams, oysters), sulfur (eggs, beans, meat, seafood, mustard) and silicon (oats, barley, rice, avocado, cucumber, lettuce, strawberries). In addition, carrot juice is very important for nails and for your entire body.