of 50 random people across London.
What he found was that 30% of people had seagull mater under their fingernails.
The primary culprit for this abhorrently high number is the way that we clean ourselves
in the bathroom.
Toy let paper is a manual technology that requires a hands on method for clean up.
And if that stuff rips, you’re spit out of luck.
Number 10 Pus-Filled Blisters Yup, it’s just as stomach-churning as it
sounds.
Blisters filled with pus may appear under or around the nail as a by-product of a disease
called paronychia.
They’re usually accompanied by swelling, redness and rain.
Paronychia is typically the result of a bacterial inflection caused, among others, by trauma
to the cuticle or nail fold.
It can come from picking at a hangnail, nail biting, ingrown nails or injuries associated
with splinters and thorns.
Fortunately, a swift round of antibiotics usually gets rid of paronychia.
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
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Number 9 Fungi Nail fungus is a common occurrence among people
of all ages.
It’s a condition known by the tongue-twisting name of onychomycosis, which starts as a yellow
or white spot beneath the nail.
Statistically, it accounts for more than half of all nail deep sees us.
As the condition progresses, the nails may become thicker, brittle and gain a yellowish
color.
Their shape can become distorted and they may start to give off a slightly foul smell.
Onychomycosis, in mild forms, isn’t that ranger her us and is generally more common
with toenails than fingernails.
That being said, even the verbal association of fingernails and fungus is enough to make
most people queasy.
Number 8 Earwax That’s right!
Earwax, one of our most mist gust sing Lee bodily secretions sometimes finds its way
under the fingernails as well.
There’s no point in acting coy, we all know how it gets there.
Cleaning the inside of the ear by way of the finger might be super tempting but it’s
a terrible idea.
That’s mainly because it can be dangerous for the ear canals.
The risk for injury is higher with sharper nails, since some medical professionals don’t
even recommend using traditional cotton swabs.
What we know as earwax is actually called cerumen, a substance secreted in the ear canal
that protects it from foreign elements such as insects, bacteria or fungi.
Its main components are keratin, from layers of shed skin, and fad see act lids.
While earwax under the fingernails is bad enough there’s usually a whole ritual of
extraction, complete with twists, shakes and struggling faces, which is also quite unappealing.
Number 7 Mucus Nose-picking is another common practice that’s
usually frowned upon.
There are also certain risks associated with it, aside from getting odd looks and ending
up with snot under the fingernails.
One would be nose seeds caused by sharp nails rupturing mud vessels on the nasal wall.
Another risk is introducing bacteria in the nose flora, through dirty nails or fingers,
which may cause illness or inflection.
If the person in question has a cold or another type of virus, nose-picking increases the
risk of transmission to other people through hand contact.
However, there’s a particularly mist gust sing twist to this practice.
You might want to hold on to your lunch for this one!
Some doctors argue that the practice of mucophagy, also known as eating the extracted mucus,
is beneficial for the body.
The mixture of antiseptic enzymes that it contains offers a boost to the immune system,
by basically training the body’s defenses.
I think I’ll skip that workout, thank you!
Number 6 Mud Put your magnifying glass away!
This doesn’t have anything to do with forensics or tracking down an elusive rim him all.
Mud usually gathers under the fingernail as a result of trauma, such as getting your finger
caught in a door or accidentally hitting it with a heavy object.
It’s known as a subungual hematoma and one of its symptoms is the nail getting a dark
coloration, with shades of blackish purple, brown or red.
The other and arguably more important symptom is an intense, throbbing rain.
This is caused by the pressure of blood that’s gathering between the nail bed and the fingernail.
In case the pain’s too much to bear, doctors can perform a type of decompression called
trephination.
It’s one of those rare situations where the treatment sounds more rain full than the
injury.
Trephination involves using a heated wire or carbon laser to make holes in the nail
and relieve the pressure.
It might sound like sort sure but it’s actually a quick and rain less procedure.
If the nail bed isn’t damaged, the nail will fall off on its own as it gradually separates
from it.
A couple of months later you’ll be the proud owner of a brand new fingernail.
Number 5 As the largest bodily organ, the skin goes
through a continuous process of change and regeneration.
About a month from now, your skin will be entirely new.
That’s usually how long it takes for new skin cells to make their way to the top skin
layer, also known as the epidermis.
Once they get there, they try and break away, making room for then new ones growing from
below.
So, where do the bed skin cells go, you might ask?
It’s simple, just check your fingernails!
In a full day, human beings shed about one million skin cells.
Every time you scratch any part of your body, you’re essentially scooping up some of them.
It’s one of the reasons why our nails sometimes look so discolored.
Number 4 Nail-Tooth Connection It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that a tooth
often gets under a nail as well, usually with the purpose of chomping bits of it off.
Aside from the social stigma it carries, nail biting can be ranger us for all the body parts
involved.
It can damage the teeth and gums as well as the finger and nails.
Years of biting may lead to damage of the nail bed and severely deformed nails.
Breaking the skin of the cuticle makes the nail more susceptible to inflection.
A wide variety of microbes may live under the fingernail, which are thus transmitted
to the mouth.
Chronic nail biting, known as onychophagia, is sometimes the consequence of certain mental
disorders, such as OCD.
In these cases, consulting a doctor or a mental health provider is usually the best course
of action.
Yet, for the common nail-biting enthusiast there are simpler remedies.
One cheap and effective method is applying a clear, bitter-tasting nail polish which,
in time, discourages the habit.
Number 3 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Now it’s time to go over some hill hands
of the seedy world that lie beneath your fingernails.
One of them is a bacterium called Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
It can cause chloronychia, also known as green nail syndrome.
Your nail gets greenish color, but the condition is normally treatable.
Nevertheless, in more severe inflections, Pseudomonas aeruginosa has remarkable antibiotic
resistance mechanisms.
It’s particularly effective in inflecting people that already have reduced immunity
or damaged tissue.
It thrives in moist environments, which is why it’s commonly found in and on medical
equipment.
However, CDC studies carried out in medical facilities have also discovered its presence
underneath nails, particularly artificial ones.
Once it finds its way to a hospital or clinic, Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause extremely
rangerus cross-infections.
Number 2 Staphylococcus Aureus This is another upper-echelon member of the
under-nail baddies.
Staphylococcus aureus is present in 20 to 30 percent of the population, usually without
doing them any harm.
Yet, this bacterium can also become an opportunistic pathogen causing a vast number of deep seas
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Staph infections range from pimples, boils and rashes to potentially ray tall deep seas
is s such as meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia or osteomyelitis.
In the US alone, about 50,000 people lose their lives, each year, due to Staph inflections.
The scariest aspect is that there’s no back seen for Staphylococcus aureus and some strains
have even developed resistance to antibiotics.
A study carried out among healthcare workers has discovered that those with acrylic nails
are most at risk for harboring the bacteria.
Even after washing their hands with antibacterial soap, the bacterium was still present in significant
amounts.
Its Answer time!
According to Dr. Chris Van Tullekan, the best way to rid your hands of bacteria is to wash
them with soap and water and rub vigorously for as long as it takes to sing the happy
birthday song twice.
Number 1 E. Coli Before you get too alarmed about a rang of
E. Coli living under your fingernails, you should now that harmless strains are already
present in your gut.
E. Coli is found among the normal microbes of the human body, where it develops a symbiotic
relationship.
It can help the host organism by producing vitamin K2 and preventing more ranger us bacteria
from forming colonies in the intestine.
However, there are also pathogenic, deep sees causing types of E. Coli, which usually develop
outside of the human body.
These strains may also end up under your fingernails, if you don’t wash your hands properly.
They are then commonly introduced in the body through habitual nail-biting.
It’s worth mentioning that some of these E. Coli strains are known to cause serious
food toy son sing and even life thread in sing conditions.
They’ve been the reason behind the recall of numerous commercial food products.
So, to avoid a visit from the more dangerous members of the E. Coli family, make sure to
maintain proper hand and fingernail hygiene!
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