why have my toe nails turned yellow?

Question

all my toenails and whole of my nails have turned yellow-why would this be? as i am reaaly worried now

Answer 1

Yellow nails can be because of a few different things- a fungal infection, vitamin E and or D deficiency, or if you wear nail polish for an extended amount of time, this could also be the reason. Your best bet is to see your doctor to determine if it is indeed a fungal infection or if you are vitamin deficient.

Answer 2

Is likely a fungal infection. However, vitamin deficiency can also cause this. Some liver diseases, such as hepatitis, can, too. Try Tinactin as directed on the label. If, after 2-3 weeks, it's no better, see a podiatrist (or chiropodist, if you're English) for an opinion, and (s)he'll look at it and give you a stronger, prescription medication.
I wouldn't worry (easy to say, hard to do). Any diseases involving the nails is not acute, has been there a long time, and you have plenty of time to treat it and get it cured.

(Oh, and if you're a smoker, and it's the fingers you use to hold the cigarette that have the discolored nails, quit smoking.)

Answer 3

When the nails are exposed to a warm moist environment, a fungus can develop on the nail or under its outer edge. This is called onychomycosis. Depending on the type of fungus, the nail may turn yellow, gray, brown, or black. The nail may become brittle and crack. It may separate from its bed. The surrounding skin may be red, itchy or swollen. The standard treatment for fungal toenail infection has been the oral drug griseofulvin. This prevents the fungus from spreading until the infected nail grows out. Another drug commonly used is ketoconazole. Treatment can, however, take many months and the drugs have side effects that can be serious.

Answer 4

I'm not sure if you're a guy or girl soooo
If you paint your toenails, particularly with darker colours, then that will turn the nails yellow. Take a break for the winter and refrain from the nailpolish. Let them grow out and it will be gone - use a clear nail polish as a base coat in future.
If this isn't the issue it's likely a nail fungus. This needs to be treated by a doctor I believe.
Good luck to ya!

Answer 5

I would go to your podiatrist. It could be fungus. They have topical treatment for that, which I found doesn't work that well or they can place you on a perscription called Lamisil. Before they do this though they will probably take a nail culture(just scrape/cut off part of the nail) to find out if it really is fungus. I've used the lamisil and it works pretty good. They ask you not to drink on it though because it could cause problems for your liver. They will also do bloodwork if they put you on it to make sure your liver is fine. Hope I helped.

Answer 6

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why have my toe nails turned yellow?
all my toenails and whole of my nails have turned yellow-why would this be? as i am reaaly worried now

Answer 7

Do you Paint them a lot? If so it could be pigment from the nail varnish staining. It happens to me every now and them. Otherwise it may be a fungus but I'd see a doctor.

Answer 8

Have you been wearing nail varnish for a long time? If not,it might be a Fungus Infection.

Answer 9

Do you wear nail varnish? if you do, maybe try not using it for a while because i think that can cause it... since i stopped using nail varnish mine are not yellow like they were. If not then maybe you have a fungie thingy infection..... :)

Answer 10

more than likely you have a fungus...has the nail started separating from the skin? that would be an indication as well. They have pills and drops that you can use to kill the fungus