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5 Things Your Fingernails Can Reveal About Your Health

#1. A black stripe along the nail

Dr Sachin pandit

8 min read1 day ago

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In 1977, Bob Marley saw a dark spot on his right big toe. He said it was a football injury, and did not seek immediate medical attention. A biopsy later that year confirmed it was melanoma. It is an aggressive type of skin cancer, and due to its location, the only way to treat it was to amputate his toe.

Marley was a devout Rastafarian, and it was against his beliefs to be touched by a surgeon. In 1980, his cancer spread, and he collapsed while jogging in Central Park. He was taken to the hospital, and the cancer was found in his brain, as well as other organs.

He died at the age of 36 in Miami, Florida. The first sign of his cancer was a dark spot on his toe.

1. A black stripe along the nail

Nail melanomas are relatively rare.…