5 Things Your Nails Can Say About Your Health
Your nails can do more than just look pretty. They can tell you some things about your health! ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow...
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Fingernails and toenails, they're not just fordecoration. They protect your fingers and toesand help you pick up tiny things, likesplinters or that piece of spinach stuck betweenyour teeth after lunch. And they canalso tell you a lot about your health.Nails are collections of dead cellsthat grow from a root called a Matrixhidden just beneath your cuticle,the lighter crescent shaped area at thebase. The matrix constantly makesnew cells called Plate Cells, andeach layer pushes the old, deadplate cells out of the cuticle. When nails start togrow differently or even change color,it usually means that there is something wrong with thematrix or with the surrounding tissue. Soby working backward, you can often figure out what's doingthe interfering, and in the ...
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Fingernails and toenails, they're not just fordecoration. They protect your fingers and toesand help you pick up tiny things, likesplinters or that piece of spinach stuck betweenyour teeth after lunch. And they canalso tell you a lot about your health.Nails are collections of dead cellsthat grow from a root called a Matrixhidden just beneath your cuticle,the lighter crescent shaped area at thebase. The matrix constantly makesnew cells called Plate Cells, andeach layer pushes the old, deadplate cells out of the cuticle. When nails start togrow differently or even change color,it usually means that there is something wrong with thematrix or with the surrounding tissue. Soby working backward, you can often figure out what's doingthe interfering, and in the ...
