Reading the health of nails

The shape and the color of the nature nails indicate to the disease which it suffer from:

1 – The pale and dull nails in which there is a lot of white spots indicates for the infection of Anemia due to the lack of iron in the body
2 – The blue or the gray nails denotes for a heart or lungs diseases
3 – The greenish nails denotes a bacterial or fungal infection
4 – The black nails indicates to a fungal infection, and if there is a black or dark blue spot beside the base of the nail it might be caused as result of injury or due to pressure on the nail. The presence of small black mottle with the sharp edge in the nail are often caused by a minor injury, and in some rare cases it is caused by disturbances in the thrombosis of blood, or infection that hits the heart valves
5 – The yellow or the brown nails: denotes for the infection with psoriasis or alopecia diseases or lack of the albuminous substances or defection in the liver or the heart functions, also it might be caused from the nicotine of the cigarettes
-6 – Downward curving nail ends denotes deficiency in the blood circulation
7 - The thick nails: it might be as result of problems in the blood circulation which is syndrome with the arteriosclerosis
8 – The Flat nails characterized by being Brittle and it takes the spoon shape and this sometimes resulted due to poor nutrition such as lack iron substance in the body .
9- Nails raised at the base shows a respiratory disorder, or it may be resulted from skin diseases such as psoriasis and lichen or from a chronic infection in the nails basis .
10 – the cuts that pass through the nails denotes that the person might have caught cold .
11 – The thick and downward curving toenails ends: It happened naturally due to senility or as result of the high pressure on the feet because of wearing shoes with inappropriate size.
12 – The Brittle nails: it may be one of the symptoms of a hidden disease such as the fungal.