We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about the surprising things your nails can tell you about your health.
Horizontal ridges, dark lines, and brittle or “spoon-shaped” talons can sometimes reveal conditions like uncontrolled diabetes and anaemia.
But researchers have reviewed another red flag that shows up on the lunulae (those half-moon-shaped white semi-circles at the base of your nails) first.
It “may reflect both systemic disease activity or local pathology such as subungual tumour,” the researchers say, though the cause remains “unclear”.
Red lunulae have been associated with a range of health conditions
A review of case studies, published in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, has suggested that red lunulae could be a sign of various health conditions.
“The lunula, the half-moon-shaped visible portion ...
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