What to do if your baby’s fingernail caps are falling off

Nail cover loss in infants is commonly caused by trauma, onychomycosis, malnutrition and other etiologies, and can be improved by general treatment, medication and other treatments.
1. trauma: if the trauma caused by nail cover loss, local skin damage, you can use sterile gauze bandage finger, waiting for the nails to grow back; if the local skin is broken and infected, we should use iodine povidone to disinfect the treatment, and then topical antibiotic drugs, such as mupirocin ointment, erythromycin ointment, etc., anti-infection treatment, and finally the use of sterile gauze bandage can be.
2. Nail fungus: nail fungus caused by nail loss, timely treatment of nail fungus, can be used externally with antifungal drugs, such as compound ketoconazole ointment, etc.; serious condition, can be taken orally antifungal drugs, such as itraconazole.
3. malnutrition: malnutrition caused by the person, you can go to the hospital to check the lack of which material, and then actively supplement, usually to improve eating habits, pay attention to maintain nutritional balance.
The baby nail cap off suggests taking the baby to the regular hospital in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions reasonable use of medication, do not blindly self-medication. The above drugs should be used in accordance with medical advice.