White fingernails

If you observe carefully, you will find that there are many people around us whose fingernails are different from those of ordinary people. There are white spots on their nails. Many people think these spots are normal, so they fail to pay due attention to them. But are these spots really nothing serious? How do these spots appear?

White fingernails, that is, white spots appear on our nails, have many reasons and various manifestations. If white spots appear on our fingernails, it may be a symptom of anemia. This is when you need to pay special attention.

White spots on the nails are very common and usually recur. Some people say that this is a sign of poor gastrointestinal function, but this has no medical basis. Because of long-term exposure to the outside, nails are easily damaged. For example, fingers stuck in door cracks, nails squeezed, collisions, etc., cause damage to the nail matrix cells at the root of the nails during production, resulting in white spots. If the nail bed is damaged, splinter-like bleeding will occur under the nails. Don't worry though, as the nail grows upwards it will eventually be trimmed off.

Although there is no clear medical explanation for white spots on the nails, we have found in clinical work that some children with calcium and zinc deficiency will experience this condition. It is recommended that you take your child to the hospital for trace element testing to determine the cause of the disease and receive appropriate treatment.

There are many reasons why white spots appear on nails. We have pointed this out to you in the above introduction, but these introductions are not comprehensive enough. Therefore, when white spots appear on our fingernails, we should pay attention to it, especially for young children. If white spots appear on the fingernails, it is likely due to calcium deficiency.