Viewer Comments: Nail Injuries - Causes
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Comment from: lia, 13-18 Female (Patient)
Published: March 04
The cause of my nail injury was basketball. While I was playing, a girl stepped on my foot and since then my nail has been falling off every three months.
Comment from: kb, 45-54 Male (Patient)
Published: July 06
I drove a philips head screwdriver through my thumb nail and ripped the bottom of the nail off. Now I have "meat" squishing up through the opening and it looks like its about to pop. All bleeding has stopped, unless I bang it into things (which I do all the time). Related Reading: bleeding Must Read Articles Related to Nail Injuries
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My pinky fingernail began to lift from the skin starting at tip of the nail. It is slowly moving to the nail bed. This has occurred over a 4 week period and is now lifted about halfway between the tip and the bed. I never bruised it, hit it or injured it. Neither the nail nor skin under the nail is discolored in any way.