Some medications used to treat cancer can stop the growth of nails altogether while you are taking them. Usually these types of changes are not painful.Ĭancer treatments that can cause nail changes These may happen and remain throughout treatment and will usually grow out once the nail grows completely. Ridges or lines in the nail plate: Some medications cause different looking ridges or different colored lines in the nail plate.This is temporary but can be painful and can increase the risk of infection. Some medications cause the nail plate to loosen entirely and be lost. Nail loss: Complete loss of the nail plate.If the nail lifts away from the nailbed, it makes the nail likely to fall off, and it becomes a place where an infection could easily happen. Lifting of the nail plate (onycholysis): This is usually a temporary condition but can be upsetting.Inflammation (paronychia): Redness, and sometimes swelling of the nailbed and surrounding finger or toe, sometimes with an infection that is bacterial or fungal, which can be very painful and can limit your ability to do normal daily activities.
Usually this darkening is temporary, but sometimes it is permanent and can occur in some parts of the nail, or all over the nail. Some medications or radiation can cause a darkening of the skin, or nail itself. Hyperpigmentation: Nail plates are usually translucent (clear).Hemorrhages (splinter hemorrhage): Tiny red lines in the nails that are tiny areas of bleeding under the nail plate.Fissures: Small thin cracks or deep cuts or tears in the finger tips, nail plate or bed, which can be very painful.These kinds of color changes can be seen in nail cancer (called melanoma) and can also be a side effect of some types of drugs used to treat cancer. Dark areas near the cuticle of the nail (subungual lesions): These look like bruises under the nails, and are usually along the bottom edge of the nail, near the cuticle.It's important to talk to your doctor about all medical problems you might have and about the medications, vitamins, minerals, and supplements you are taking so your risk can be discussed and you know what to expect. Remember that while some cancers and cancer treatment can cause changes in your nails, non-cancer conditions and medications can also cause them. Some might be temporary and others might be long-lasting or permanent. Some changes occur soon after you begin treatment, but others may happen weeks or months after treatment begins. One, two, a few, or all of your nails could be affected by changes. And their side effects can also affect nails differently. Different treatments can affect normal cells, like nail cells, in different ways. Usually the treatments that cause nail changes are medications, but radiation can also cause nail changes. Some treatments for cancer can cause damage or changes to nails. Slower nail growth than usual, or temporary lack of growth.Lifting of the nail plate off of the nailbed, or the nail plate falling off.Ridges, markings, pits, spots, splitting and other unusual or irregular marks in the nails.Changes in the color of the nails or nailbeds (either discolored areas or over-pigmented, darker than usual areas).
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They are made up of the nail plate (the hardest part of the nail and the part that can be seen) and tissue that lies underneath the nail plate. Nails help protect the ends of our fingers and toes, and allow fingers to perform activities such as scratching or picking up things. Nails are normally present on each finger and toe.
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