Nail Check – Your Nails Can Reveal a Lot About Your State Of Health

Inspection of your nails can reveal several underlying conditions such as cardiac disease, diabetes, haemoglobin deficiency as well as hormonal imbalances – By Dr. Rinky Kapoor Nails are predominantly made up of a dead protein called Keratin. Nails tend to grow faster in the winter than the summer, and similarly, nail growth is faster in men than in women. Poor health, ageing and hormonal imbalance may also lead to slow growth of nails. Nail irregularities such as white spots, marks, blueness etc. can be symptoms of worrying underlying health conditions and must be evaluated. Timely identification of these signs can aid in the diagnosis of several health conditions.

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