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).
What causes nails to crack and split? Several of my fingernails have cracked or split ? why would this happen? I'm worried I have some kind of deficiency in my diet. I know they make a kind of nail polish that's supposed to keep your nails strong, but that seems like it doesn't really get to the root of the problem.