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What Causes A Thin Red Streak Of Blood Under The Nail After Injury?
Question: I have a weird line that showed up on my thumb nail about 4 days ago. it hasn't gone away or faded. I haven't injured my thumb at all.
Is it reddish or pale? Have you accidentally cut too deep while trimming your fingernails? We need this extra information, in order to give an oriented answer. Best regards
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
It reminds me of a harlequin type color. At the base of the nail where it's white, the line is pink and where the nail bed is pink, the like is while. I have not cut to short.
Brief Answer:
Nothing to be worried about
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to HCM. I understand your concern. Thank you for your question.
Well, this does not sound something to be worried about. Often, these nail phenomena may appear at anyone, due to heavy or slight trauma to the fingernail, even spontaneously. They actually may appear even if there was such a slight trauma to the fingernail area, such as one does not even feel it. The nail bed is rich in capillaries, which are very small blood vessels with thin walls, which may rupture from time to time, causing no harm at all to the other part of the circulation. My opinion is that this is the case, and will take may be up to a week for it to go away and the "entrapped" blood there to resorb. I recommend no further investigation or treatment, it will go away spontaneously.
I hope this is helpful. I am happy to help, if you have any follow-up questions.
Kind regards,
Dr. Meriton
Nothing to be worried about
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to HCM. I understand your concern. Thank you for your question.
Well, this does not sound something to be worried about. Often, these nail phenomena may appear at anyone, due to heavy or slight trauma to the fingernail, even spontaneously. They actually may appear even if there was such a slight trauma to the fingernail area, such as one does not even feel it. The nail bed is rich in capillaries, which are very small blood vessels with thin walls, which may rupture from time to time, causing no harm at all to the other part of the circulation. My opinion is that this is the case, and will take may be up to a week for it to go away and the "entrapped" blood there to resorb. I recommend no further investigation or treatment, it will go away spontaneously.
I hope this is helpful. I am happy to help, if you have any follow-up questions.
Kind regards,
Dr. Meriton
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