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Jun 25, 2022 · Splinter hemorrhages occur more often in fingernails than toenails. They usually only affect one nail in otherwise healthy people. It may be a sign of an underlying condition if you have the condition in more than one nail.
Jul 24, 2017 · Causes. Diagnosis. Treatment. Outlook. A splinter hemorrhage is when small blood spots appear under the nail. They are caused by damaged blood vessels. What is a splinter hemorrhage?...
- Valencia Higuera
Mar 22, 2023 · Splinter hemorrhages are small bleeds that can occur under the fingernails or toenails. They’re often red or brown in appearance and run along the length of the nail rather than across it. Most often, they are caused by trauma like bumping your nail and are not cause for concern.
Aug 4, 2022 · Once considered a classic sign of infective endocarditis, splinter haemorrhages no longer feature among current criteria for diagnosis. A retrospective study of more than 1000 patients reassessed their diagnostic value using the Duke criteria as a gold standard. It turns out that splinter haemorrhages have poor sensitivity but high specificity.
Aug 26, 2017 · Symptoms. Treatments. Outlook. A splinter hemorrhage causes red or discolored streaks down the fingernail. The name refers to how a splinter hemorrhage resembles having a splinter...
- Rachel Nall, MSN, CRNA
Infection. Splinter haemorrhages are present in 15–33% of patients with infective endocarditis in association with Osler nodes and Janeway lesions [3]. They may be due to septic emboli in the small vessels of the nail bed and the increased fragility of the vessel walls in sepsis [2,3]. Other infective causes include: Meningococcal disease.
Jul 8, 2023 · Splinter hemorrhages look like thin, red to reddish-brown lines of blood under the nails. They run in the direction of nail growth. They are named splinter hemorrhages because they look like a splinter under the fingernail. The hemorrhages may be caused by tiny clots that damage the small capillaries under the nails.
