A raised thumbnail with horizontal lines on the foot may be caused by nail malnutrition, chronic skin disease around the nail and nail fungus, which can be relieved by supplemental nutrition and medication.
1. Nail malnutrition: when the body lacks trace elements or vitamins, the nail matrix cells at the root of the thumb toenail on the foot may be affected, and it is easier to produce the toenail with horizontal lines and bumps. At this time, it is recommended to go to the hospital to improve the examination, clear the lack of species in time to supplement, the nail has horizontal lines raised situation will improve.
2. Chronic skin disease around the nail: if the patient’s nail around the existence of eczema, psoriasis and other chronic skin diseases, may have an impact on the nail matrix, but also easy to let the patient have the foot thumb toenails have horizontal lines raised symptoms.
Eczema patients can use cetirizine hydrochloride tablets and loratadine tablets under the guidance of doctors to relieve allergic conditions, while psoriasis patients need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use tacalcitol ointment, tazarotene cream and other medications.
3. Onychomycosis: If the big toe nail on the foot is infected by fungus, the fungus will invade the subnail tissue and the nail plate, then the structure of the nail plate is likely to change, which may cause the nail plate to produce the situation that the nail has a transverse line raised.
Patients with onychomycosis need to follow their doctor’s instructions for the use of amorolfine application in combination with oral antifungal medications such as itraconazole.
The condition of the big toe nail on the foot with horizontal lines raised may also be caused by other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, to identify the causes, symptomatic treatment, the above drugs need to comply with the doctor’s instructions to use.