The nail is the distal keratinized plate that covers the outermost dorsal part of the finger. It arises from the nail matrix, which is the germinal part of the nail plate under the nail. The nail fold ...

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold by ...

Fingernails protect the sensitive tips of the fingers from accidental trauma and are formed by the layer of germinal tissue called the nail matrix. The matrix can be found at the very base of the nail ...