Children's nails actually hide many signals about health.
Tong Tong, who lives in Jingzhou, when he was more than one year old, his family noticed a black line on the fingernail of his right ring finger, and the local doctor advised the parents to observe closely. Unexpectedly, as the child grows older, the black line on the nail becomes wider and wider, until the nail is completely black, which is not taken seriously.
After examination by the doctor, it was determined that this black line was actually a mother mole (an abnormal body tissue), and some of the onychoma moles would develop into malignant tumors, such as malignant melanoma. However, due to the special location of the growth of the mother mole, it is easy for us to ignore.
Dr. Zhao Wenjun reminded everyone to pay more attention to the health signals transmitted by children's nails, and seek medical treatment in time if there is a problem.
These conditions occur on the nails
Seek medical attention
1. The nails have black vertical lines
One or more black or brown bands appear on the nails (or toenails), which we call "nail black lines".
There are many reasons for the formation of the black line, among which the common ones are:
1) Subparathyroid bleeding
Subparathyroid bleeding due to nail trauma, squeezing, etc., thus forming a subandyroid black line.
2) Mother mole
A mother mole is a type of mole, and its most common clinical manifestation is the presence of black lines in the nails. Mother moles have a certain possibility of malignancy, that is, malignant changes to melanoma, and are easily overlooked. Therefore, once the child is found to have a mother mole, he must go to the local regular hospital for treatment in time.
3) Drug factors
Long-term drug deposition induces increased melanocyte activity, leading to the production of alpha-black line.
In addition, some systemic diseases or skin diseases may also have symptoms of black line.
2. There are small pits on the nails
The deck of the baby's nails appears small recesses, loses the original luster, the texture becomes brittle or thickened and rough, this situation is likely to be an early manifestation of psoriasis, and the baby should be taken to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.
3. Abnormal nail color
The yellowing of the deck may be due to excessive consumption of carotene-containing foods, or it may be caused by genetic causes. In addition, yellow nails, green nails, gray nails, black nails, etc., are mostly caused by fungal infections.
4. The nail's deck is longitudinally broken
In this condition, the baby may have abnormal pituitary gland function or low thyroid function, the situation may be more serious, should seek medical attention in time.
These are the cases
Don't worry too much
1. Children's nails are soft, their nails are stratified, and they lack calcium.
The growth of the deck is formed by layers of cell keratinization, the main component is protein, not calcium deposition, so the baby's nails are thin and soft, and have nothing to do with calcium deficiency.
In fact, the baby's nails are soft, mainly because it is still in the "juvenile nail" stage, as the baby grows up, the keratinized deck cells become thicker and thicker, and the nails become mature and full, and naturally become thicker and harder.
2, less crescent teeth, unhealthy health?
Not. The crescent on the nail is called "A half moon", and the number and size vary from person to person, and it has little to do with good health.
But it should be noted that although the size of the crescent is different for each person, for the same person, the size of the crescent is almost constant. If you find that your baby's crescent teeth change suddenly in a short period of time, such as your baby's nails and crescents suddenly increase, become larger, or suddenly decrease or even disappear, you should see a doctor.
3, there are white spots on the nails, there are worms in the stomach?
The white spots on the baby's nails are mostly due to the baby being squeezed and rubbed by tiny external forces, such as collisions, eating hands, etc. The baby himself has no other discomfort, and the small white dots will slowly move to the fingertips as the nails grow, and the pruning will disappear. Therefore, the white spots on the nails have nothing to do with the presence of worms in the stomach.
Of course, if the baby has been repeatedly appearing small white spots without injury, it is still recommended to take the baby to the hospital to ask a doctor for diagnosis.
4. Long barbs on the edges of nails, lack of vitamins?
The long barbs on the edges of the nails generally have little to do with vitamin deficiencies. Barbs are often caused by excessive dryness of the skin and separation of the stratum corneum and the skin beneath. In addition, babies like to explore the world, everything likes to scratch, friction increases, it is easier to damage the child's delicate skin, barbs appear. At this time, a bottle of moisturizer can prevent the occurrence of barbs very well.
If you find barbs on your baby's hands, do not tear them to avoid damaging the skin and causing infection.
The right thing to do is to gently cut it off with scissors, taking care not to cut into your baby's skin, and then apply moisturizer to your baby.
5. The nails have vertical lines and kidney problems?
In fact, few people's nails are smooth and flat, because with age, the "water-locking" ability of nails will gradually weaken. So the vertical lines will become more and more obvious, just like the wrinkles of the skin, do not pay special attention.
If it is colorless and narrow, it is usually not worried, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, if the longitudinal striation is wider, more obvious, and accompanied by cracking, you need to take your baby to seek medical treatment.