Glossary for Nail conditions

Brittle nails: thinning of the nail plate
Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by short stature, congenital heart defects skin anomalies and frontal bossing.
Coffin-Siris Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by underdeveloped or absent fifth finger and toenails and coarse facial features.
Dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by increased skin pigmentation, thickened skin on palms and soles and reduced sweating.
Dyskeratosis Congenita: A rare genetic disorder characterized by sking pigmentation abnormalities, nail dystrophy and mucous membrane changes.
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome:
Epidermolysis bullosa, late-onset, localized junctional, with mental retardation: A rare genetic disorder characterized by mental retardation, hair and nail disorders, absence of teeth and areas fragile skin that blisters easily.
Erythropoietic Protoporphyria: A condition where there is excessive formation of porphyrin or its precursor
Focal dermal hypoplasia: A rare genetic disorder characterized by bone, skin, teeth and pigmentation abnormalities as well as asymmetry of the face, trunk ant extremities.
Fungal nail infections: Fungal conditions of the toenail or fingernail
Gamborg nielsen syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by hair, tooth and nail disorders.
Hay-Wells Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by ankyloblepharon, ectodermal dysplasia, and cleft lip and/or cleft palate.
Incontinentia Pigmenti: A rare genetic skin pigmentation disorder characterized by eye, teeth, bone, nail and hair malformations as well as central nervous abnormalities and mental deficiency.
Iron deficiency anemia: Iron-deficiency anemia is a blood condition characterized by low levels of iron in the body which leads to a reduction in the number of red blood cells.
Nail abnormality: An abnormality of the finger and/or toe nails.
Nail infection: Inflammation of the fingernails.
Nail inflammation: Inflammation of the fingernails.
Onychogryphosis: A disorder that is characterised by the hypertrophy and excessive curving of the nails
Onychophagia: A form of obsessive compulsive disorder where a person compulsively bites their nails. Sufferers can feel the pain they inflict on themselves but the feelings of gratification and stress relief prevent them from stopping. The severity and extent of damage to the skin is variable. Stress and anxiety can trigger the nail biting. The condition is most common in children with nearly half of teenagers biting their nails.
Pain: A feeling of suffering, agony, distress caused by the stimulation of pain fibres in the nervous system
Pallister-Hall Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, hypopituitarism, imperforate anus and polydactyly.
Popliteal pterygium syndrome: A rare genetic disorder characterized by cleft palate, pits in lower lip and popliteal webs.
Schopf-Schulz-Passarge syndrome: A rare syndrome characterized by thickened skin on palms and soles, missing teeth, sparse hair and eyelid cysts.
Vasculitis: Inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel
Zinc deficiency: When there is a deficiency of zinc in an individuals body