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).
The medical term for this condition is onychoschizia if the splitting is horizontal and onychorrhexia if the splitting is longitudinal. The two conditions together are referred to as brittle nail syndrome. There are many causes of weak brittle nails ranging from benign to more serious. The most common cause is frequent exposure to water as in washing dishes, cleaning, swimming, etc. as the process of wetting and drying causes the nails to become brittle.