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Brittle nails are fingernails and toenails that peel and break easily.
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- Brittle nails are common among teenagers, pregnant women, and those with food allergies. The problem is malabsorption or nutritional deficiencies (unsaturated essential fatty acids, amino acids, calcium, iron, or zinc).
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For brittle nails, keep the nails short and avoid nail polish. Use an emollient (skin softening) cream after washing or bathing.
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Many individuals know that they have athlete's foot when they have red, itching, peeling skin on their toes without realizing that the fungus causing this annoying condition is also responsible for their thickened, discolored brittle nails.
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Trim brittle nails after a bath or a 15-minute hand-soak in bath oil. Then apply a moisturizer.
Moisturize your nails and cuticles at bedtime and cover them with cotton gloves.
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Hair loss, brittle nails, and dry skin.
Growth of fine hair (lanugo) on the body.
Muscle weakness.
Constipation, slow emptying of the stomach, and belly pain.
Sleep problems, hyperactivity, or extreme fatigue.
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The skin may acquire a rough and dry appearance, with hair loss and brittle nails. Vitamin A toxicity is a special issue during pregnancy. Expectant mothers who take 10 mg vitamin A or more on a daily basis may have an infant with birth defects.
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The exact symptoms that I had would be dry hair, brittle nails, fatigue, insomnia. I had menstrual problems where I was having three and four cycles a month. As an athlete they say you're supposed to have the opposite.
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brittle nails
increased body hair
feeling cold all the time
feeling depressed or anxious
trouble sleeping
if you are a woman, not having monthly periods when your weight drops below a certain level
fasting or eating very little ...
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Too much selenium (selenosis) may cause reversible balding and brittle nails, give a garlic odor to the breath, and cause intestinal distress, weakness and slowed mental functioning.
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Brief Reactive Psychosis
Brill-Zinsser Disease (Typhus)
Briquet's Syndrome (Somatization Disorder)
Brittle Bone Disease (Osteogenesis Imperfecta)
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As the anaemia becomes more severe, shortness of breath, palpitations, headaches, sore mouth and gums, and brittle nails may cause problems. People find themselves looking pale or others around them may say they're looking peaky.
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