Thick, yellow, and brittle toenails are often caused by fungal infections like onychomycosis, which thrives in moist environments and on keratin. Risk factors include diabetes, poor circulation, and ...
Diabetes can cause yellow nails due to glycation, where excess glucose affects nail proteins, or fungal infections ...
Thick, yellow toenails left so long they split and crumble. Nails so misshapen they dig into the skin, causing infections. Or, in the most severe cases, curling into what we call ‘ram’s horns’ that ...
A team of researchers, including Dr. April Carson, associate professor in the department of epidemiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, examined toenail arsenic at low ...