The grooves on the nails may be simply a genetic predisposition of the body, and may indicate that you have anemia (a blood disease), you follow the wrong diet or the body simply is not enough vitamins. Sometimes grooves on nails are the result of a fungal disease.
It is important to take into account the location of the groove - if they are longitudinal, this is a signal that may have occurred with the gastrointestinal tract or the body is some inflammation. The grooves are located across the nail occur after infectious diseases (influenza or jaundice), or long-term operations diets.
Often the nails appear white spots, which may indicate that the body lacks calcium or vitamins, hormonal failure occurred or disrupted the cardiovascular system.
If the nails become convex, spherical, it may indicate that you have lung or heart failure, and if the nails, on the contrary, acquired concave and flat, it means that there was a malfunction of the thyroid gland.
If the nail was deformed as a result of injury, you can help a special glue for nail, which is sold in pharmacies. With the help of this drug you will be able to seal the damaged parts of the nail plate to each other and to protect themselves against the introduction of infection.
In any case, independently solve similar problems will be difficult, it is necessary to turn to professionals to pass all necessary tests and undergo treatment prescribed by your doctor. But to improve the overall condition of the nail is useful to periodically visit nail salons, make salt and paraffin baths, baths with essential oils. You also need to be lubricated regularly fingers and nails nourishing creams and lemon juice.