Disorders that affect the amount of oxygen in the blood (such as abnormal heart anatomy and lung diseases including cancer or infection) may produceclubbing , in which the nail looks like the back of a teaspoon
Kidney disease that causes a build-up of nitrogen waste products in the blood
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