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Chapter 9 - Nail Diseases and Disorders |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




exam with correct answers |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




What are the nails small mirrors of? - correct answer✔✔The general health of the entire body
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What is a nail disorder? - correct answer✔✔Is a condition caused by injury or disease
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How can we help clients with certain nail disorders? - correct answer✔✔You can refer them to
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a physician or cosmetically improve the nail if it is not diseased
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What are situations in which a client should not be worked on? - correct answer✔✔A client
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who's ail or skin is infected, inflamed, broken or swollen
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What are bruised nails? - correct answer✔✔A condition in which blood clots form under the
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nail plate forming a dark purplish spot
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How can bruised nails be covered? - correct answer✔✔With nail polish or an opaque nail
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What are egg shell nails? - correct answer✔✔Noticeably thin, white nail plates that are much
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more flexible than normal. Normally weaker and curve over free edge.
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What conditions cause eggshell nails? - correct answer✔✔Improper diet, hereditary factors,
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internal disease or medication |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\

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What are beau's lines? - correct answer✔✔Visible depressions running across the width of the
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natural nail plate
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What causes beau's lines? - correct answer✔✔Major illness or injury that has traumatized the
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body such as pneumonia, adverse drug reaction, surgery, ect..
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Will a nail return to normal from beau's lines? - correct answer✔✔Yes after the condition or
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illness is resolved |||\\\ |||\\\




What are agnails? - correct answer✔✔A condition in which the living skin around the nail
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plate splits and tears |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




How can agnails be treated? - correct answer✔✔If no cuts or infection a hot oil can help, or
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trim the dead skin being careful not to cut the living skin
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What are four signs of infection? - correct answer✔✔Redness, pain, swelling, puss
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What are leukonychia spots and what are they caused by? - correct answer✔✔White spots
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caused by injury to the nail matrix |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




What is the myth surrounding leukonychia spots? - correct answer✔✔They are not caused by
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a vitamin or mineral deficiency
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What is melanoychia and who does it normally affect? - correct answer✔✔Darkening of the
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fingernails or toes and it affects African Americans |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




What is the technical term for bitten nails? - correct answer✔✔Onychopagy
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