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Nail & Health Disorders Kailey Burton Onychorrhexis The word onychorrhexis originates from the Greek words onycho: meaning nail, and rhexis: meaning bursting. Onychorrhexis is another term for Brittle Nails. This is a breakage causing “longitudinal ridging” that could be a result of a number of things including: Excessive amounts of strong soap and water exposure, anemia, anorexia, nail polish remover, nail polish remover etc. It is also a result of aging. Longitudinal ridging…

A Brief Summary on Psoriasis Our skin is the largest organ of our body; it’s the entire human body outer cover and gives the body form and shape. It’s also separates the external parts of the body from the internal parts. Our skin protects our body against the light, heat, germs, cold temperatures, and injury. It’s protecting the body from chemical and mechanical substances. The skin is also the body immune system surveillance. The body produces tan of cells every day to replenish the dead…

Final Journal Assignment During the shadowing internship, there were plenty of opportunities to witness interesting cases that helped me to understand the field of dermatology. The first case I saw while shadowing was of a patient who presented with Proximal subungual onychomycosis under her toenails. Patient 1 Patient History/Present Illness: This patient, a middle aged women, presented with persistent, fungus under her toes. She…

Skin Portion: Yhara Barba The skin of a human is an elastic covering that acts a protects the body . The skin has many functions that greatly benefit the body. The functions are Protection, sence of touch, and it controls temperfature. Protection: The skin helps to keep bacteria and dangerous stuff out of our body, like germs and dirt that can cause infection. Adding on it helps retain water. Sence of Touch: The skin is hoem of one of our five senses: touch. Within our skin thre are thousands…

1.1 Background Our skin comprised of two main parts – epidermis and dermis. Epidermis is the superficial and thinner portion which serves to protect the skin and underlying tissues from abrasions, heat, microbes and chemicals. The deeper and thicker connective tissue portion called as dermis hosts several accessory structures of the skin like hair follicles, oil (sebaceous) glands and sweat (sudoriferous) glands. Sebaceous glands secrete greasy substances called sebum that will moistens the…

They had an oval face that had black fur, with black eyes, oval pits for a nose, and 2 sharp teeth. They had human like hands with nails, arms, legs, and feet that all had black fur on them. Light pink, curved oval ears on the sides of their heads and had big chins. Their bodies had a shell and armadillo armored plating on their head and tail. Their shells were green and had a blue section in the middle. Their tails were white with black stripes. They turned their vicious faces toward him, cried…

The name of our disorder is onycholysis. Onycholysis is the painless removal of the nail from the nail bed, and is a common disorder. It can be a sign of skin disease or infection. This injury mainly happens to women who have long nails. The nail acts as a lever taking the nail away from the skin. Infection with bacteria and yeast start to form in the space under the nail, which causes the loose part of the nail to turn a white, yellow, or green. There is a wide range of possible causes of…

The skin is said to be the largest performing organ in the body due to its three layered skin which all perform different tasks simultaneously. The epidermis (outer layer) and the dermis (inner layer) are the two main top layers of the skin followed by the lower subcutaneous tissue. The epidermis is the main component of the skin because it contains millions of important cells called melanocytes (Gohara and Perez 1). These melanocytes produce melanin which provides the skin with pigment (skin…

I pick the integumentary system. The organs with this system are skin, hair, nails, and oil glands. The skin is the body’s outer covering and forms a barrier to protect the body from chemicals, disease, and physical change. Hair and nails protect it from infections. The oil glands produce sweat and moisturize the skin. This elps with dehydration and regulate body temperature, and throws away waste. A few possible ailments are *acne* where the skin on the body become clogged and look like…

The integumentary system is commonly known for one of many visible complex organ systems. The system is made up of skin, hair, nails, glands, and nerves. The integumentary system shields the body from substances in the outside world. It holds body fluids, protects the body from a disease, removes waste products, and regulates the body’s temperature. While accommodating to do all of that, the integumentary systems teams up with many systems in your body. All of those systems each sustain internal…