Symptoms of psoriasis on nails

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My younger brother has a lot of red plaques on his body, which are itchy. There is a layer of white skin on the surface, and his nails are deformed. I went to check and said that it is psoriasis. After treatment, it has slightly improved. For the symptoms of psoriasis on his nails, let me tell you.

Symptoms of psoriasis on nails

The first is the most common manifestation of pitted and sunken nail psoriasis. The damaged nail has a pitting on the deck. Because of its normal color, it is not easy to find when the nail damage is light, but when it shakes in the light, it will be clearly found because the bending brightness of the pitting is different from that of the surrounding normal nail board.

Second: when the middle part of the nail matrix is involved, the clinical manifestation is white nails. The common "oil drop" phenomenon is the discoloration caused by the edge of the nail bed. Clinically, the nail bed and the skin under the nail are yellowish brown, which is similar to the oil drop under the nail board. It refers to the characteristic lesion of psoriasis a.

Third: the distal and lateral edge of the nail plate is stripped, which is the result of the lesions of the subdermal and distal nail bed. Nail peeling can suddenly involve multiple fingernails.

matters needing attention

Nail psoriasis can also be manifested as dull nails, yellow brown or dirty yellow, deck thickening, deformation, uneven or longitudinal or transverse groove, some patients with psoriasis nail deck and nail bed side edge or free edge separation, called nail peeling. The peeling deck is grayish yellow, and the peeling surface is generally not more than 1 / 2 of the nail length.