Onychomadesis and hand, foot and mouth disease – is there a connection?

摘要

Onychomadesis is the spontaneous separation of the nail plate from the matrix, a kind of proximal onycholy- sis, and is a common phenomenon due to arrest of nail formation for a certain period. Short-term slow- ing down of nail formation leads to Beau’s lines, while long-term stop of nail growth will cause onychomad- esis and even nail shedding.