If you, too, can relate, then you're probably familiar with the sheer panic that's often accompanied by seeing a discolored toenail (or a few). There are a few potential reasons that could be ...
The increased pressure beneath the nail plate results in excruciating pain. An acute or recent subungual hematoma presents as a painful red discoloration of the nail plate; often there is a known ...
Multiple transverse bands of white discoloration noted to involve almost all nails. Close-up view of thumbnails; notice ragged proximal, lateral, and distal nail folds and slight erythema but no ...