Table 1.

The causes of pain in fingernails: “GIFTED KID”

G	Glomus tumor
I	Infections (acute paronychia, herpetic whitlow, mould onychomycosis)
F	Foreign body
T	Trauma (hematoma, inclusion cysts)
E	Enchondroma
D	Drugs (retinoids, chemotherapy especially taxanes, and epidermal growth factor receptors inhibitors)
K	Keratoacanthoma
I	Ice/frostbites
D	Droppings (in Latin: gutta → French: goutte → English: gout: gout was believed to be caused by the dropping of diseased matter – urate crystals – from the blood into the joints)