After having a baby, parents for the child's care problems, can be described as very careful, especially about the baby's health problems, basically parents are with a "magnifying glass" to see, in the eyes of parents, the child's matter is no small matter.
The 5-month-old baby's toenails grow into the flesh, and the mother is nervous but does not know what to do
Recently, Kojima received a private message from a mom:
I am a 5 month old mother, recently, I found that my baby's big toenails especially like to grow into the flesh, at first it was fine, now there is a clear trend of slight redness and swelling.
This is very similar to the child's father, the child's grandmother said that it was "genetic", because I was afraid that the nails would grind into the skin of the child's flesh and felt uncomfortable, so I would pull out the toenails that were stuck in the meat and trim them as short as possible.
But the next day, the child's toes were more red and swollen around them, what do I do now?
In fact, this mother's baby has a "nail incarcerated" problem, and all toenails will have a "nail incarcerated" situation, especially the thumb, which has the greatest chance of happening. Incarcerated nails can cause damage to the nail groove, so it will be painful and swollen, and it is easy to "hide dirt and dirt" in the toenails, so it is more likely to be infected.
Baby toenails often grow into the flesh, and the following factors are often the triggers
There are many factors that occur in ingrowth:
Heredity: The shape and growth curvature of a child's toenails will be affected by the genetic genes of the parents, and will often have a great chance of being similar to the parents, like the mother's baby above, which is likely to be inherited by the father.
Socks and shoes do not fit: often wear some socks and shoes that are too tight and too small for the baby, and the soft tissue of the toes will also be squeezed into the toenails, which is easy to cause incarcerated nails.
Improper pruning of toenails: Many parents are accustomed to trimming the two corners too short when trimming the toenails of their babies, but in fact, doing so will stimulate the "internal growth" of the flesh on both sides of the toenails, which is more likely to cause incarcerated nails.
The habit of babies biting toenails: For small babies, whether it is fingernails or toenails, it can become their own "mouth food", those who often bite toenails, the shrew tissue around the toenails is easily damaged, coupled with the baby's saliva, it is naturally easy to breed bacteria, leading to speech.
Trauma caused by exercise: After the baby has the ability to move, once the kick injury or is trampled, it will also cause the side edge of the deck to approach the soft tissue of the nail groove and form an incarcerated nail.
Baby toenails grow into the flesh, which is easier to handle than "hard"
Since you know that such a situation is inlaid nails, is it not like the mother above, just simply and rudely cut it out? Here is a suggestion: do not be hard in the face of the child's inlay nails, and learn to handle it gently.
If the child's nail inlay is not very serious, but it is somewhat red and swollen, and the baby does not feel so uncomfortable, you can first soak the feet with warm water for 10-15 minutes, and then apply some anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling ointments. After a week of observation, if the child has not improved, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time.
Like the baby's incarcerated nails, the probability of appearing is relatively common, but because it is a novice mother, there is no experience, so it is inevitable to do too much in the cleaning and trimming of such care, which will lead to the baby's incarcerated nails.
Don't want your baby to have incarcerated nails, learning to prevent is the most important
Toenails grow into flesh, which is more painful for children, so parents also pay attention to some details in normal times to avoid such a situation.
In terms of shoe size
The most contact with the foot is the shoe, so parents must pay attention to the size of the shoe when choosing shoes for their children, especially for those babies who do not have the ability to express their feelings.
It is not recommended to wear shoes that are too small for the baby, to ensure that the length of the shoe is about 0.5-1cm more than the length of the foot, and the winter shoes are greater than 1cm. In addition, in the child's shoes, often wearing second-hand shoes will also affect the child's foot health, so it should also be avoided.
From the aspect of nail care
The baby's toenails grow into the flesh, it may also be that the parents usually do not take care of time, pruning can not be caused by the position, usually adults should trim the nails of the baby in time, the correct way to trim the nails is to "flat cut", do not trim from the side semi-circular, the shape of the cut out is square, not pointed.
Many parents have "obsessive-compulsive disorder" when cutting their baby's nails, and it is not advisable to cut the skin and flesh, which is also undesirable, and it is best to keep some white teeth.
Kojima would like to say:
Although the inlay itself does not have much impact on the child, if it is left untreated, it is easy to form "paronychia" over time, and once paronychia is formed, the child will be painful, and then it will not only be a problem that can be solved by soaking the feet.
Therefore, parents should be more careful in the details of the baby's care to avoid the baby's incarcerated nails.