Having a dark line on your fingernails or toenails is called melanonychia. The lines are brown or black and usually look like a stripe that begins at the bottom of your nail bed and continues to the ...

This summer, Charmaine Sherlock noticed a thin black line under her nail of her left thumb — what looked like a splinter growing from her cuticle. She thought perhaps she was having an autoimmune ...

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What your nails can tell you about your overall health - Ridges, white spots and peeling are among the health red flags ...

Fingernails are mirrors of health and disease. They show several kinds of change, such as splinter hemorrhages or clubbing, which relate to specific illnesses. However, Beau’s lines are non-specific ...

Longitudinal ridging, which is clinically known as onychorrhexis, occurs on the nails and may appear as vertical striations or lines that originate from the base of the fingernail and continue to the ...

Splinter hemorrhages appear as dark, vertical lines under your fingernails or toenails. The most common cause of splinter hemorrhages is trauma to your nail. See a doctor if you have splinter ...

Those seemingly innocent changes in your nails might be telling you something important about what’s happening deep inside your body. While most of us only pay attention to our nails when it’s time ...