While having a fresh manicure is the dream for most of us, sometimes your nail health can take a turn for the worse. For instance, your nails can begin to peel, crack, and turn discolored. Sure, nail ...

Psoriasis can affect your nails, too. When it does it's called nail psoriasis. Most people develop nail psoriasis years after psoriasis begins. It's also possible to have nail psoriasis without signs ...

There is a lack of standards for diagnosing and treating nail psoriasis, a situation needing attention because the condition is often a precursor to psoriatic arthritis. Authors of a literature review ...

Problematic nail conditions range from nail psoriasis (NP) to paronychia, which are commonly seen in clinical practice and result from infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic and traumatic etiologies. A ...

Diagnosing conditions of the nail can be confounding. Patients may experience delays in treatment due to challenges in diagnosis. While the nail may seem like a cosmetic concern, nail diseases can ...

How does one diagnose psoriasis of the nails? What is the best treatment? —R.K. Crisssman, MD, Grand Rapids, Mich. Psoriasis of the nails can be clinically recognized by the presence of nail pits, ...

The relationship between damage from artificial nails and the development of psoriatic lesions is related to a well-known dermatological principle called the Koebner phenomenon. Originally described ...

In research published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, investigators have developed and validated a tool called PRESTO that identifies patients with psoriasis who face an elevated risk for developing ...

Both NAPSI and N-NAIL provide accurate cutoffs, but better accuracy seen with N-NAIL, with cutoff value of 2. HealthDay News — Both the Nail Psoriasis Severity Index (NAPSI) and the Nijmegen-Nail ...

Patients with nail psoriasis may be more likely to develop psoriatic arthritis and should be closely monitored for predictive signs, according to a study. Researchers completed a literature search of ...