Category: Lifestyle

Are you aware of the fact that a human adult is made of 7 octillion atoms? There are a lot of rare body features in our bodies that we don’t know and they can be fascinating and weird at the same time.

Most of our body features are in common for all people, however, there’s a handful of those which are really rare and only a few people possess them.

RARE BODY FEATURES:

1. Differently colored eyes

This is a condition known as Chimerism and it usually signifies that you hold an extra set of DNA and it can eventually lead to Mosaic skin or heterochromia-different eye colors. This condition is not harmful in any way.

2. Rh Null blood type

This blood type is rare because it doesn’t contain any antigens and it is really great since everyone can receive this blood type and its healing properties are on a higher level than others. Only 40 people in the world possess this blood type and just 9 of those are active blood donors.

3. Palmaris longus

Long palm muscles or palmaris longus is the muscle which helped our ancestors climb trees. We don’t use this muscle anymore, however, there are people who have it.

4. DEC2 gene which allows people to work more and sleepless

This gene allows people to go through a shorter sleep cycle than others and a lot of famous people like Margaret Thatcher, Nicola Tesla, and Winston Churchill used this gene to achieve greatness.

5. LRP5 gene mutation which gives denser bones

This gene makes you become a superhuman since it makes your bones really strong and difficult to break and in addition, your skin is less prone to aging. However, this condition signifies that the person with it will have issues at an older age with joint replacement.

6. An extra hole near your ear

This is a proof that all living creatures had gills once. There are only 5 % of people in the world who have this condition. This extra hole doesn’t have any use and it’s not harmful.

7. An extra rib close to your neck

This condition is more common in women and it can be spotted near the cervical spinal region. This rib can be different in size and it can become a nuisance only if it starts growing. Otherwise, it is just an extra bone in your body.

8. PCSK9 Deficiency

Everyone has these proproteins in their body. However, there is a small number of people who have it in a smaller amount. This deficiency lowers the risk of heart disease by 90 % and it gives you the opportunity not to worry about problems with cholesterol.

9. The ability to see more colors-Tetrachromacy

People are usually trichromats. There is, however, a number of people who possess an extra cone cell which identifies the color. This is why the world appears more vivid to tetrachromats.

10. Two layers of eyelashes

Distichiasis or two pair of lashes is not a dangerous condition. This only means you have 2 pairs of eyelashes which can give you nice looking eyes like Elizabeth Taylor.

In this write-up, you will learn the signs your fingernails give to you about your health and the interpretation of some diseases.

First of all, you need to do this:

Closely observe your nails, carefully examine any groove, ridge, dip, and curve. Look at how thick or thin they are, are they chipped or broken. Examine the nail color, the skin underneath the nail and the skin surrounding it. Keep reading to know what warning signs your fingernails are giving you.

What are your fingers warning you about?

Split Nails:

Split nails usually flake away in the layer and the worse is that many people put the blame on nail polish.
They are usually caused by protein, Vitamin C, and folic acid deficiencies.
Pitted nails and these kinds of nails indicate psoriases which begin in nails 1/10 of the time. Split nails also occur due to chronic malnutrition. Check your diet and the psoriasis relationship to be able to fight back.

Clubbed Nail:

Clubbed nails can be recognized by the way they puff around the fingers and the skin around them is bloated. They may indicate:

• AIDS
• Lung diseases particularly if you have difficulty in breathing
• Liver disease.
• Inflammatory bowel disease.

Discolored nails:

The color of a healthy fingernail is pink with a touch of a white moon at the base. If the color of your nail is different, it means you have a hidden health condition.

• White nails indicate the presence of liver disease e.g hepatitis
• Bluish nails indicate a low amount of oxygen in the blood.
• Green nails indicate the presence of some bacterial infection.
• Dark stripes at the top indicate congestive heart failure and aging.
• Dull nails indicate a deficiency in vitamins.
• The red streak in the nail bed indicates you have an infection in the heart valve.

Scrub your nails and examine the color again. Put into consideration the number of possible health conditions, you need to know what sign you nail is giving you.

Thick nail:

A thick nail is not a normal condition. The nails should be strong; be careful if they resemble talons or claws.

• Rough-textured and thick nails are usually a sign of fungal infection
• Abnormal thick nails indicate the presence of lung disease
• Such kind of nails separated may mean psoriasis or thyroid disease.
• Unusual thickness could be a sign of circulation issue.

Watch out for an allergic reaction to new drugs if you have thick nails.

Concave Nails:

Your nails should curve up to form a dip to qualify as full spoons. Many issues can be an indicator, they include the following:

• Deficiency in Iron.
• Hypothyroidism
• Heart disease
• Hemochromatosis – a liver disorder whereby the body absorbs too much of iron.

The connection between health challenges and fingernails is very real, what you need to do is treat the health problem that causes spoon nails and they will return back to their natural form.

Pitted Nails:

Small dips in the nails may arise due to the banging of the hands or may be indicative of an underlying health condition such as:

• Zinc deficiency
• Connective tissue disorder
• Psoriasis
• Alopecia areata – an autoimmune abnormality that causes loss of hair.

They will clear up immediately if they are natural dents while pits related to disease tend to persist.

Ridges:

A healthy nail has invisible lines on a smooth surface. If your nails have ridge lines, it is a warning sign for a situation such as:

• Lupus
• Iron deficiency
• Inflammatory arthritis

Do not ignore the signs, rather seek for the underlying causes.

Brittle and Dry Nails:

• Nails and brittle nails have a close connection with hormonal imbalance and bacterial infections.
• The fungus can cause nails to crumbly or even become dry.

• Both fungal and thyroid issues require a longer time to heal, so for a complete growth cycle do not expect to see any tangible changes.
• Thyroid disease may be revealed through signs of dry and brittle fingernails