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Nail psoriasis is typically discomforting. Sometimes it is also painful.
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Nail psoriasis may create psychological distress due to its visibility.
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Nail psoriasis can involve both fingernails and the toenails.
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The fingernails are more often affected than toenails.
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5% of the people with Nail psoriasis don't have psoriasis anywhere else.
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50% of the people with skin psoriasis also have Nail psoriasis.
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80% of the people with psoriatic arthritis also have Nail psoriasis.
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The first signs of Nail psoriasis is usually either the pitting of the nails, or the detaching of the nails from the nail bed.
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The nails are part of the skin, so psoriasis may as well affect the nails.
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Pitting and ridging of the nails is a result of the involvement of the nail plate. Onycholysis (loosening of the nail from the nail bed), subungual hyperkeratosis and splinter hemorrhages are a result of the involvement of the nail bed.
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The nail is made of transformed, jam-packed dead skin cells.
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The severity of nail involvement is not intact with the severity of psoriasis in other places.
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Nail polish can be used to conceal a number of nail damages.
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Artificial nails (acrylic, fiber, gel, linen, and silk) can improve the appearance of the nails. However, artificial nails may also cause bacterial and fungal infections and Onychomycosis, especially after removal of the artificial nails.
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Be careful in the case of using artificial nails - do not let them grow long as it may worsen the state of the Nail psoriasis.
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