There are a number of other causes for splinter hemorrhages.

Splinter hemorrhage in the nails is also a common symptom.

If this happens in the finger, it can cause damage to the capillaries resulting in a splinter hemorrhage.

Even if a patient does have infective endocarditis, perhaps 5 in every 6 patients will not have splinter hemorrhages.

Splinter hemorrhages (or haemorrhages) are tiny blood clots that tend to run vertically under the nails.

These symptoms include circumorbital edema, splinter hemorrhage, nonspecific gastroenteritis, and muscle pain.

Tiny vertical black lines in the nail: Your doctor may call this a splinter hemorrhage or dilated tortuous capillaries in the dermal papillae.

Absence of lunula, splinter hemorrhage, and half and half nails were significantly more common in hemodialysis patients, while leukonychia was significantly more common in transplant patients.

At the nails Splinter hemorrhage and Quincke's pulsation should be looked for as well as any deformity of the nail such as Beau's lines, clubbing or peripheral cyanosis.

For example, a splinter hemorrhage, which shows along the long axis of the nail as a red or dark brown line, can be caused by endocarditis, an inflammation of the heart membranes, or trichinosis, the parasitic infection from undercooked pork.