Spoon nails (koilonychia) are soft nails that look scooped out. The depression usually is large enough to hold a drop of liquid. Often, spoon nails are a sign of iron deficiency anemia or a liver condition known as hemochromatosis, in which your body absorbs too much iron from the food you eat.
Also, how do you get rid of spoon nails?
Secondly, can spoon nails be hereditary? Spoon nails can also be hereditary (genetic), or caused by your environment. One study of people who lived in a higher altitude found that over 47 percent of them had spoon nails. The study also found that residents who did manual labor had an even higher chance of developing spoon nails.
Keeping this in consideration, what is the cause of Koilonychia?
The most common cause of koilonychia is chronic iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency can result from several causes including malnutrition, gastrointestinal bleeding, genitourinary bleeding, worms, malignancy, celiac disease and Plummer-Vinson syndrome.