Many parents who notice that their babies will have white spots on their fingernails associate them with nutrient deficiencies or think that there are roundworms in their tummies.

In fact, the white spots on the nails and these are not related, parents must not arbitrarily give the baby to supplement some nutrients, the general normal diet, can be ingested, so the baby will not lack of micronutrients, and secondly, now that people's living standards have improved, the diet is also very hygienic, the probability of ascaris lumbricoides is extremely small and very small, so it will also not be the sign of ascaris lumbricoides.

What exactly is a white spot on a baby's nail?

1, nail white spots mostly caused by trauma

For example, babies like to chew their nails, bump and squeeze. But there will be people who say that the baby was not injured at that time and did not cry, so how could there be white spots?

The first thing we need to know about the structure of the nail is that the part of the nail that we see is only part of the nail, the rest is hidden under the skin. So when you see small white spots, then the bump that appears may be an injury that was sustained a month or two ago.

In addition to injuries, there are fungal infections, as well as, most commonly, punctate white nail disease.

Fungal infections can be very itchy, and babies will scratch and have localized skin peeling and redness, which is when they need to go to the skin clinic.

Punctate white nails, which have a genetic predisposition and most of whose elders have the same symptoms, do not affect work or study. However, if total white nails appear, it may be accompanied by other skin or internal diseases, and it is recommended to go to the hospital.

It's important to trim your baby's nails regularly

1- It is recommended to use special nail clippers for babies and sterile adults to avoid cross infection.

2- Choose after baby's bath, the nails will become softer after the bath, easier to trim and less likely to hurt the baby.

3- Fingernails grow faster, about a week to trim once, toenails grow slower, usually cut once or twice a month can be.

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[What are the small white spots that suddenly appear on the nails?]

Many friends will find that the nails suddenly appeared in the figure of such white spots, the Internet Baidu have said that the liver is not good, and said that the kidney is not good. Below spend a minute to talk about this - point / line white armor.

[Cause of formation] A transient injury to the nail matrix, the general location of which can be seen in Figure IX. Common injuries include localized trauma, nail biting habits, eczema dermatitis of the fingertips, and chronic impaction. In addition, if multiple nails are found at the same time, it is mostly due to systemic diseases such as hand, foot and mouth and fever.

[Determine the time of nail matrix damage] Fingernails grow at the rate of one centimeter per three months, so you can roughly calculate the distance from the nail root based on the location of the white spots.

Is there any relationship between the white nails and the liver and kidneys? Does it need treatment? There is no relationship at all and no treatment is needed. Of course, the primary causes of finger biting and hand eczema should be avoided. Nails are keratinized skin and have nothing to do with calcium or anything else.

White spots on the nails are not a lack of zinc, a lack of calcium, a bug in the stomach, or being too tired lately, but simply that the nails have been damaged at one time or another.

Our nails with the root of the nail matrix keratinization and slowly grow, in this process, if the root of the nail is injured, the root of the nail matrix cells can not be normal keratinization, and then grow out of the nails will show "sick", and the normal nail growth is not the same as when the back of the nail normal growth, the "sick" nail will be topped to the front, which is what we see white dots. When the nail behind grows normally, the "sick" nail will be pushed to the front, which is the white spot we see.

This white spots, in medicine is called "point white nail disease", is a kind of white nail disease, sounds a little scary, in fact, nothing, and so slowly grow to the fingertips, be cut off on it, there is no harm to the body.

So, when the root of the nail is damaged by what, white spots appear?

For example, accidentally being hit by hard objects, getting caught in doors, cutting your nails more violently, and also, liking to bite your nails, and so on.

Isn't that a surprise to you!

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Many parents will find white spots on the baby's nails, some parents do not pay attention to it and think it is normal. Parents do not know very well what are the reasons for white spots on the baby's nails, so the baby's nails have white spots is not serious? Let's find out.

So what's going on with white spots on your baby's nails?

First of all, there could be roundworms in the baby's system.If the baby has stomach pain, it means that there are roundworms, and this symptom is reflected in the nails. Parents can take their babies to check their stools to see if there are roundworm eggs, and if there are, it is recommended that parents give their babies some medication to repel roundworms, and the symptom of white dots on the nails will slowly disappear.

Secondly, ruling out the presence of roundworms in the body, the white spots on the baby's nails may also be due to the baby's poor digestive function, theAt this time, parents can give their babies some appetizing food, such as hawthorn and apple, which can promote the digestion of the stomach and intestines, and can also be combined with some drugs to promote digestion, but if the situation is not serious there is no need to take medicine.

One more thing, if the baby's body lacks a certain element, you can see white spots on the nails, tooBut can not blindly supplement trace elements, excessive will harm the body, need to go to the hospital to check the lack of which one and then supplement. The baby in the play by bumping or extrusion, will also make the nails have white spots, then do not need special treatment.

I hope that my answer is helpful to you!