Green Toenail

A green nail is commonly referred to as a fungus infection but it s not.

Green toenail. Onycholysis occurs when a fingernail or toenail becomes loose and separates from the nail bed. Green nail syndrome is a nail infection that is caused by a bacterium known as pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chromonychia due to pseudomonas aeruginosa. Toenail fungus and green nail syndrome are often confused and it s easy to understand why but you can quickly learn how to tell them apart easily.

You ll know you re infected with pseudomonas when you see a strange green or grey stain on or under your nails. Green nail syndrome chromonychia is a nail disorder characterized by onycholysis and green black discoloration of the nail bed. There are rare cases where a fungal infection known as onychomycosis is the cause of green nails. Since the discoloration is underneath the nail it will not disappear with washing or scrubbing.

Most of the time a blue deep purple and black color in nails is a black toenail fungus a type of fungus that usually infects toenails. Green nail syndrome is caused by an infection with pseudomonas species. The striping was represented by horizontal green ridges of the nail plate felt to be caused by the associated pseudomonal chronic paronychia in this patient. A pseudomonal nail infection is sometimes called the greenies and is caused by common household bacteria known as pseudomonas.

Toenail color changes from a big blue spot to a thin brown line could signal health problems. The green discoloration varies from blue green to dark green to bluish grey. These range from minor injuries to potentially. On the other hand.

But sometimes they can appear yellow green blue purple or black. First case report of green striping of the nail caused by pseudomonas. Left untreated continue reading green nail fungus. Several things can cause toenail discoloration also known as chromonychia.

It usually develops in people who have onycholysis partial separation of the nail bed from the nail plate or loss of the nail plate or chronic paronychia and whose hands are often in water or exposed to irritants. It could be green nail syndrome chloronychia which is caused by an infection. Green nail syndrome gns is an infection of the nails that leads to a greenish discoloration of nails also known as chloronychia. Green nail syndrome gns is a bacterial not a fungal infection.