Medical Signs and Symptoms.?

Hello,

There is a sign and symptom of a particular disease that effects the fingertips. Somehow it mishapes the finger tips and nails. I thought it had to do with COPD but have been unable to find any mention of it.

Can someone tell me the name of the condition that effects the fingertips and what disease it is related to?

Thanks in advance.

Are you talking about clubbing of the fingers - and yes, it is associated with COPD and most pulmonary diseases.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clubbing_of...

clubbing can happen to some chronic kung and lier disorders and many other causes, good luck

I know if thyroid disease goes untreated it can change your fingertips. A friend's are large and almost like a spoon.

I think you are talking about "clubbing" of the fingertips. It is commonly seen in chronic diseases including COPD. The best way to visualize it is to think about the shape of a spoon turned upside down.

As for the diseases which causes clubbing, there are several, such as: Cancer, Ulcerated Colitis, Crohn's disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, Vasculitis, Auto-immune diseases...etc. Strangely, clubbing is not commonly seen in diabetics, despite diabetes being a chronic disease.

Cystic fibrosis and Reynaud's phenomena can both cause changes in the fingertips and nails.

The tip of the fingers will be swelled in heart diseases.(clubbing of fingers). Increased sponginess of the nail bed, increased nail curvature are notable symptoms (Drum stick fingers). The majority of patients with clubbing have pulmonary disease. It can develop rapidly within a few weeks (eg. with empyema) but its onset is usually gradual. If the underlying cause is successfully treated, clubbing usually resolves. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteo-arthropathy(HPOA) - Virtually all patients with this unusual condition have clubbing, but only few patients with clubbing have HPOA.
There will be 'spade like' hands in acromegaly.
In gout, finger joints will be inflamed due to uric acid deposits.
Candida albicans will affect the nail-bed.
Carpel tunnel syndrome will affect the hand.
In hyperthyrotoxicosis, there will be trembling of fingers while standing and stretching the hands towards the front.
Please note that I am not a medical professional.