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<\/b>Introduction<\/span><\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n\n

Many people have problems with their toe and or fingernails. Often various discoloring and deformities bother patients for aesthetic reasons. But nail changes can also be caused by diseases, which should be further examined and treated by a dermatologist who is experienced with treating nail diseases. Changes in toenails mostly result from foot or nail fungus, but there are other causes that also lead to changes in the nails on both the fingers and toes. They can be serious causes which can be treated by our dermatologists in derma competence center in Zurich Enge.<\/p>\n

<\/b>Table of contents<\/span><\/b><\/h4><\/div>\n\n
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  1. Which kinds of nail fungus are there?<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Which nail changes are normal and occur over the course of life?<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Traumatic nail changes caused by injury.<\/a>\n
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    1. What can traumatic nail changes look like?<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. How is nail trauma treated?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Birthmarks under the finger- or toenails or in the nail bed.<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Nail changes with eczema or psoriasis.<\/a>\n
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      1. What can nail changes caused by inflammatory skin diseases look like? <\/li>\n
      2. Treatment of nail changes in eczema or psoriasis.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      3. Nail fungus \u2013 recognize, diagnose, treat<\/a>\n
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        1. What does nail fungus look like?<\/a><\/li>\n
        2. How do we get nail fungus?<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. How is nail fungus diagnosed?<\/a><\/li>\n
        4. How is nail fungus treated?<\/a>\n
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          1. Basics: How can you fight nail fungus?<\/li>\n
          2. Treating nail fungus externally:<\/li>\n
          3. Treating nail fungus internally:<\/li>\n
          4. Treating nail fungus with laser<\/li>\n
          5. Nail Fungus and Home Remedies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          6. Conclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/span>\n\n
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            <\/b>1. Which kinds of nail fungus are there?<\/span><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n

            There are various changes to the fingernails and toenails. Some of these can be triggered by diseases. The most common disease in this case, is probably nail fungus. Changes in the nails, however, can also occur that are not caused by disease or heredity.<\/p>\n

            These changes, also called nail dystrophies or onychodystrophies, are for example:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t

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            Onychorrhexis<\/h4>\n

            Describes the increased brittleness or splitting of the nail plate. It occurs in the early stages of nail fungus, but also in other diseases or nail symptoms, such as severe vitamin deficiency.<\/p>\n\t

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