Nails, Hair and Lips : What Do They Reveal About Your Health
What do you notice when you look at your nails?
Is there something unusual about your lips?
Have you started going grey fast?
Nails, hair and lips are one of those organs of our bodies that show early, visible signs of changes happening in our bodies. A clubbed nail, a cold sore around your lips, or brittle hair, all are warning signs that something is wrong is happening in your body.
While you need not freak out if you lose some hair or get a cold sore, persistent symptoms might be a signal that you need medical help.
In this article, we shall discuss about some of the most common conditions that changes in your nails, lips and hair might signal towards.
Here are some of the common signals your nails, lips and hair might be revealing about your body:
1. Your Nails
Smooth, uniform, half-moon shaped, little pinkish nails can tell you a lot about your health.
Your nail polish might help them look even more beautiful, but even without them, nails have a story to tell.
Clubbed nails: Lung diseases like cystic fibrosis and cancer.
Pits in nails: Psoriasis, a skin disease with itchy patches around your body.
Multiple red lines under the nails: Problem with your heart valves.
Ridged nail : Anemia due to iron deficiency.
Bluish nails : Deficiency of oxygen in the body.
2. Your Hair
Going grey, thinning and shedding are signals that your body is not healthy.
While hair loss is normal, sudden loss of hair in abnormal amounts can be dangerous.
Here are some of the most common signals your hair tell you about your health, you should not miss:
Extensive hair loss : Protein deficiency or disorder in your body.
Hair shedding: High estrogen levels and lack of adequate iron.
Hair thinning: Thyroid disorders in the body.
Brittle hair : Cushing's syndrome, a disorder of your adrenal glands( glands located on top of your kidney.)
Going Grey Early : Too much stress and pressure.
3. Your Lips
Lips. Lipsticks. Lip balms. Smiles.
Everyone has their own story about lips.
But there are some common health signals that your lips might want to tell you.
We normally open our lips to talk, but sometimes, lips want us to hear the following:
Dry lips : Dehydration or lack of Zinc could be a reason.
Lips cracked at edges : Yeast infection.
Lip discoloration : Liver disease.
Paleness : Lack of Vitamin D
Cold sores: Viral infection.
Your nails, hair and lips might be trying to convey some important changes happening in your body! Don't freak out, if you lose some hair or get dry lips, but incase they are persistent and happen frequently, it may be time to seek some medical advice.
However, not every loss of hair means you have a protein disorder, neither do all dry lips point to dehydration.
These are some of the most common signals, but the best way to be sure is by asking your doctor!
But do try to listen when your nails, hair and your lips want to tell you something!
Resources:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/you-dont-say-pointing-a-fingernail-at-your-health