What are the dangers of biting nails

We should find that some people, especially children, have some minor problems in their daily lives, such as biting their nails and picking their noses. These are bad habits. If children have the habit of biting their nails, parents must pay attention to it. This will have some impact on the children. Maybe we are not aware of the harm of biting nails. In fact, sometimes this indicates that the child lacks certain trace elements in the body. Let's take a look at it below.

The dangers of nail biting

1 Our hands have the most contact with the outside world, especially children's hands. Due to curiosity, they always like to touch and grab here and there, especially children, who even like to crawl. Bacteria and other microorganisms will remain in the cracks of fingernails. If you bite your nails, they will enter your mouth and body through your mouth and affect your health.

2. May increase lead levels in the body. Children like to play with various toys, many of which contain lead. Biting their nails may bring the lead into the body and increase the lead content in the body. Young parents know the consequences of excessive lead in children's bodies.

3. It will affect the beauty of teeth. If you bite your nails frequently, since your nails are relatively hard, you will use more force in the biting and tearing process. As children's teeth are growing as they grow, if you bite your nails frequently at this time, it may affect the appearance of the teeth, causing uneven growth of teeth, exposed teeth, etc.

4Nail deformities may occur. If you bite your nails frequently, your nails will be bitten very short, exposing the nail bed, which may even cause bleeding, infection, and even paronychia.

5. It will affect mental health. Children are always criticized and scolded by their parents when they bite their nails, but if they don’t bite their nails, they can’t control themselves and will always bite them again unconsciously. In this way, although the children know that their behavior is wrong, they can’t control it, which affects their mental health.

Now everyone should be aware of the harm of nail biting. We usually don’t pay so much attention to it. If your child has such a phenomenon, you should pay attention and help the child correct it in time. It is useless to criticize the child blindly. You should choose scientific correction methods.