Melanonchychia

Longitudinal melanonychia is the brown or black pigments which are usually seen in the nail bed in black skinned person. It is also known as Melanonychia Striata. Melanonychia causes due to the deposition of the color pigments known as melanin in the nail plate. Generally the African-American, Asian and Latino peoples are suffering from this longitudinal melanonchychia due to hyper pigmented nail strips. It is more irritating when dark, broad longitudinal strips develop over the nail fold.

Symptoms of Melanonychia

The common symptoms of Melanonychia are staining of nail, the nail become yellowish, and thick, sometimes you feels pail in nail, defect of the cornea, weakly developed shoulder blades, clubfoot and abnormal neck bones.

Causes of Melanonychia

The common causes of Melanonychia are hereditary abnormality and deposition of abnormal collagen in the glomeruli.

Treatment of Longitudinal Melanonychia

Longitudinal Melanonychia can be treated by chemotherapy where the melanin from the skin and nail reduced. Prophylactic antifungal therapy is another technique to prevent the formation of hyper pigments on skin and nail. The patient should use proper foot wear especially while using common bathroom or health union.

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