To doctors of an antiquity to diagnose the patient often the check of a status of its fingernails or nails helped. According to them the healer tried to understand what kind of processes occur in the body of their owner, because nails reflect the state of health long before the appearance of signs of the disease.
If the condition of the nails of a modern adult is not very good, different means are used for their growth and strengthening (varnishes, oils). But what about parents, if their baby's nails are cracked, and what can this deviation say?
Causes of foliation of nails
To begin with, they must find out why their nails are cracked.
- Perhaps the fingernail or finger was injured. This often causes a detachment of the nail plate.
- Broken nails can also be found in a child who gnaws at them or loves to periodically suck fingers. If this is your case, buy a special bitter lacquer for such children in the pharmacy. Regularly lubricate the child's nails, making sure that the nail plate is covered with varnish, especially the edge of the nail. So you help the kid get rid of the bad habit and improve the condition of his nails.
- Everyone knows that the problem skin and nails testify to the problems of digestion and intestines. Fingering of nails in children is often a signal about the lack of certain vitamins and minerals (calcium and iron) in its diet. To clarify the situation and find out exactly what shortage of elements worth replacing in the body crumbs, contact the district pediatrician for referral to a general analysis of blood and urine. After reviewing the results of the tests, the doctor will appoint a multivitamin complex if necessary. And you will need to make sure that the baby's diet included products containing iron and calcium. Obligatory for its menu are dairy products, almonds, raisins, cabbage, dried apricots, bread of coarse grind, greens, legumes and citrus.
- If you or a pediatrician suspect that your baby is stratified with nails due to a fungus, consult a dermatologist or mycologist
. - Sometimes the nails of a child suffering from a shortage of nails in the nails are strongly foamed. Such children should use jelly products, for example, jelly or marmalade (necessarily containing gelatin, but not agar-agar).
In folk medicine, in order to avoid delamination of nails, we use a bath of vegetable oil with the addition of a small amount of lemon juice and a drop of iodine (if the child does not have allergies on it).
Eliminate the root causes of the foliation of nails, and soon the marigolds of your baby will again be healthy.