Here Is Why My Toenails Are Of That Colour?

Toenail colour is a sign of a healthy body. What are the different colours they show? This a detailed report with the help of experts. 

Here Is Why My Toenails Are Of That Colour?

If Toenails Could Talk

You spend a lot more time looking at your fingernails than your toenails whether you are washing your hands or admitting a manicure. Not just during sandal season, maybe its time to focus on your feet more often. It could signal health problems when toenail colour changes from a big blue spot to a thin brown line. The following is what you need to know. 

Black Toenail: Common Causes

It's most likely a bruise under the nail, technically called subungual hematoma if your toenail turns black. It may be caused by stubbing a toe or from footwear cramming the feet into the front of the shoe. When blood beneath the nail pools ad clots as the bruise usually starts red, then becomes purple, dark brown, and finally black. In about 6 to 9 months longer, expect your black toenail to grow out. 

Black Toenail: Rare Causes

You may have one or more black toenails even if you are not a runner, your shoes are roomy, as well as you are sure you haven’t hurt your toe. If it's just that dye has rubbed off from a pair of shoes, check to see. Head to the doctor if not. Rare causes of the black toenail are such that follows: 

A serious form of skin cancer is malignant melanoma

The fungal infection

A chronic ingrown nail

Also, other health problems

All-yellow Toenails

A fungus is usually to blame when toenails turn yellow. You might not even need to see a doctor for treatment as this type of fungal infection is so common. An over-the-counter antifungal cream can be tried. Gently file down the surface so that the drug can reach deeper layers if your nail is yellow and thick. A doctor's visit is in order if at-home treatment doesn’t work. 

Got Green? 

This is a colour you don’t want to see on your toenails unless you are wearing green nail polish. Caused by an infection, it could be a green-nail syndrome called chloronychia. Bacteria that thrive in damp or wet conditions are the culprit. Here you can consider hot tubs, sponges, even tight-fitting shoes that you have been wearing for a long time. Don’t try to scrub it off as the colour is underneath the nail. Instead, you can visit your doctor. 

Shades Of Blue

You might not think twice about the colour if you stub your toe and it turns blue. Play it safe and see a doctor if you get ta blue spot or a blue toenail for no clear reason. Beneath the nail, you may have a blue mole. Probably harmless is this. A type of blue mole called a cellular blue nevus can become cancer in very rare cases. 

White Spots And Streaks

It doesn’t always lead to a bruise when it comes to stubbing your toe. This is because blood vessels under the nail are often not breaking and leaking blood. You might get a white spot on your toenail instead. Whereas it will grow out in time, it won’t disappear like a bruise. Though you might not know you hurt yourself, toe trauma can also cause a white streak. It can also happen when sneakers are too small as also the toe hits the front of the shoe for example. 

White All Over

Here you have to check if the toenail has turned white or has large powder-like patches. Most likely one called white superficial onychomycosis is in case you have a fungal infection. See a doctor as soon as you notice it if possible. Spreading across the toenail is this infection. Causing the entire nail to become rough and crumbly is white superficial onychomycosis. 

Whitish Or Yellowish Patch

Called proximal subungual onychomycosis, is another type of fungal infection. Starting at the base of the toenail near the cuticle, it looks like a whitish or yellowish patch. In healthy people this infection is rare. It happens in people with weakened immune systems more often. As a sign of HIV also it can be. 

Candy Cane Stripes

There are usually problems elsewhere on your body when toenails have red and white stripes. A hallmark of Darier disease is these lines and V-shaped nicks. Mostly affecting the skin and causing greasy, warty, foul-smelling blemishes is an inherited disease. 

Last But Not Least, Brown Streaks

Melanonychia is the term for brown and sometimes black colour on your toenail. Usually appearing as a line or streak going up and down the nail is brown. The possible causes are: 

Injury

Melanoma

Inflammatory conditions

Fungal infections

Also, certain medications

Play it safe and get checked out as there is a small chance your brown toenail streak could be a sign of something serious. 

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