Beau’s
lines are transverse depressions of all of the nails that appear at the
base of the lunula weeks after a stressful event has temporarily
interrupted nail formation.The lines progress distally with normal nail
growth and eventually disappear at the free edge. They develop in
response to many diseases, such as syphilis, uncontrolled diabetes
mellitus, myocarditis, peripheral vascular disease, and zinc deficiency,
and to illness accompanied by high fevers, such as scarlet fever,
measles, mumps, and pneumonia.
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