Thick nail cover may be gray nail, or it may be caused by trauma, peripheral circulatory disorders, age, congenital thick nail disease and other reasons.
1. Gray nail: this is due to fungal infection caused by nail fungal disease, the patient’s nails will be infected with fungi after a large number of spores and mycelium rapid proliferation, so that the nail bed keratin accumulation, so there will be a thick nail cover, the color of the situation of yellow.
2. Trauma: If the nails are smashed by heavy objects or extrusion and other causes of trauma, resulting in poor blood circulation and deposition of necrotic substances, there may also be a thick nail cover.
3. Peripheral circulation disorders: mostly caused by endocrine disorders, malnutrition, lack of oxygen and other reasons, the patient’s own metabolism becomes slow, the peripheral circulation of the nails is poor, the blood flow is not smooth, which leads to the occurrence of thick fingernails.
4. Age: with the increase of age, nail thickening occurs more often, which is caused by the slowing down of nail keratin metabolism.
5. Congenital Thick Nail Syndrome: This is a rare hereditary skin disease of nail thickening, in addition to the thickening of the nails, there will also be palmoplantar hyperkeratosis, hyperhidrosis, blisters, cysts and other phenomena, which are common in children.
If you have thick nails, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, after clarifying the cause of the disease, you should follow the doctor’s instructions to carry out targeted treatment.