My pints of blueberries donât weight 16 ounces!â. A dry pint is not a measurement of weightâit is volume, as in cubic inches. (A liquid pint, as in a pint of cream, gives you fluid ounces). A pint of feathers takes up the same amount of space as a dry pint of marbles, but they certainly donât weight the same!
1 Liver disease can damage nails. 2  Thyroid diseases such as hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism may cause brittle nails or splitting of the nail bed from the nail plate (onycholysis). 3  Severe illness or surgery may cause horizontal depressions in the nails (Beau's lines).
Primary hypothyroidism - Brittle finger nails Psoriasis; Reiterâs syndrome - brittle fingernails Scalp -- ear -- nipple syndrome - brittle fingernails Secondary hypothyroidism - Brittle finger nails Soto's Syndrome - brittle fingernails Tertiary hypothyroidism - Brittle finger nails Xeroderma. Brittle fingernails: Tools. Symptom Checker Â» Drug side effect causes of Brittle fingernails . The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Brittle fingernails as a side effect. 1  Oxypentifylline. 2  Trental. 3  Cyclosporine. 4  Sandimmune. 5  Consupren.