Related articles: Nails with vertical lines
Definition
The appearance of vertical streaks on the surface of the nails may depend on different local or systemic conditions. In people affected by the disorder, the nail plate has many parallel lines, more or less pronounced, which run vertically. At the same time, the nail can be thinned and brittle, in addition to presenting flaking of the blade or incisions at the free margin.
The most common causes include nail fragility, trauma, lichen planus, chronic eczema, rheumatoid arthritis and vascular insufficiency. The cases in which the nails with vertical lines represent the symptom of tumors affecting or compressing the matrix are more rare.
Nails with thin vertical lines are also common in older people. The rippling of the nail, in this case, is a phenomenon linked to the natural aging process, in particular, it is due to the atrophy of the nail matrix.
Possible Causes * of nails with vertical lines
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Dermatitis
- Epidermolysis bullosa
- Lichen planus
- Onicofagia
