signs that your hands reveal your health status

 1. Blue or white fingertips

-  poor circulation condition called Raynaud’s syndrome
- which occurs when the small blood vessels become sensitive to temperature change.




  2. Nail ridges

- can be a clear sign that you’ve been recovering from a serious illness such as cancer.


  3. Pale nail beds


-  this can be a sign of the iron-deficiency anemia, this is as a result of not enough red blood cells
circulating your body.


  4. Trembling hands


- trembling can be caused by too much caffeine, high anxiety and certain asthma drugs and antidepressants.



 5. Clubbed fingers


-  it’s often due to a decrease in available oxygen in the body and could signal chronic lung disease



6. Blotchy red palms



 -  sign of liver disease,in particular cirrhosis and non-alcoholic fatty liver.




 7. Sweaty palms

- Stress and an overactive thyroid, which speeds up your metabolism, generating more heat and burning extra calories can cause sweaty palms.





 8. Discoloured nails


- it could be a fungal infection, which if frequent, can be an early sign of diabetes. 




  9. Fatty knuckles

- sign of a potential fatal high cholesterol condition called




10. Fingers curling inwards


- symptom of Dupuytren’s contracture, in which the tendons running from the fingertips to the palms of the hands thicken.