Thickening of the fingernails may be caused by factors such as onychomycosis, ringworm and psoriasis.
1. Thick nail disease: usually caused by genetic factors, not caused by infectious factors, will lead to significant hypertrophy of the nail area, may appear within a few months after birth, usually no other clinical symptoms.
2. Tinea cruris: usually related to fungal infection, the aggravation of the infection will cause damage to the nail plate, resulting in thickening of the fingernails, cloudy, and the nail color will also appear to change, and in severe cases, it can affect the fine activities of the fingers.
3. Psoriasis: it may be related to genetic factors and environmental factors, and when it involves the fingernails, it will lead to the thickening of fingernails, and orange-yellow spots may appear under the nail plate.
Fingernail thickening, there may also be other reasons, it is recommended to timely to the regular hospital, clear cause, under the guidance of the doctor targeted treatment.