The ‘silent’ cancer symptom you can spot on your nails – and five other signs on your hands
she'd had for 10 years - which looked a like brown line painted across her nail - turned out to be a sign of subungual melanoma.
People who have melanoma under their nail may wrongly believe they just have bruising, or not even notice a change at all. Aside from a line, it can also look like irregular pigmentation under the nail.2. Dark skin next to your nail When the skin around your nail becomes darker, it could be a sign of advanced melanoma, according to AAD.You might think you've just stubbed your toe, but a nail peeling or lifting off from the skin might be the sign of something more sinister, according to the AAD."The white free edge at the top of your nail will start to look longer as the nail lifts."Your nail splitting down the middle is yet another possible sign of melanoma.
Nail melanoma is often diagnosed at a more advanced stage than melanoma on the skin, according to the AAD."The good news is that when found early, melanoma — even on the nails — is highly treatable," the AAD said.Laura Harker, a screening nurse at
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