Talk:Nail disease
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Removed: When fungal infections occur on the foot, they are known as tinea pedis, or "athlete's foot". -- this is simply not true. Tinea pedis is a skin infection. DrGnu 02:37, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- "tinea" is a generic word for a fungal infection of the skin which is followed by a word defining the body part where it is found, as in t.corporis, t.capitis, and in the case of the foot, tinea pedis.Sfahey 03:54, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- aha! i went to change what i thought was going to be an error, then realized that while the sentence wasn't bad, in context it suggested that t.pedis was a subset of t.unguium. never mind. nice edit.Sfahey 03:59, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
so i guess that Onychogryposis is what people who have the world's longest nails get. In case you have never seen these 'record braking nails', they are black, thick, and curly.--User:Codell 03:09, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Onychocryptosis, commonly known as "ingrown nails" (unguis incarnatus), can affect either the fingers or the toes. In this condition, the nail cuts into one or both sides of the nail bed, resulting in painful death and disfigurement. - This should probably be fixed.
[edit] References section
I reinserted the reference section, as these are used in the text. I have no idea if they are good. But if the references are not good and someone deletes them, the associated text within the article should be reviewed as well (and maybe removed). Removing just the references is confusing. -- 84.190.196.2 00:41, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
