The Surprising Little Secrets Hidden Under Your Child’s Nails

The health of babies is almost every parent’s concern, usually the baby sneezes or a slight change in the color of the stool, the mother will play the spirit to see if the baby is sick. In fact, many diseases have signs, even a small nail can be a barometer of the baby’s health! Here we look at the changes in the nails of the baby’s health “warning”! Long barbs: nutritional imbalance, lack of vitamins] can not tear the barbs with their hands, to use a nail clipper to cut; give the baby more vegetables and fruits to replenish vitamins, the weather is dry to the baby coated with skin cream. 【White spots: gastrointestinal discomfort, anemia, malnutrition】 Mom can take the baby to the hospital for a checkup to diagnose malnutrition or lack of micronutrients, and then in the food to supplement the appropriate nutrition. If your baby’s nails have small dents and the nail plate is thin and not shiny, go to the hospital and take a look at the whole body to see if there is a skin disease. [Half-moon deep red: anemia, heart disease] Half-moon deep red on the nail is a sign of heart disease, if light red is caused by anemia. At this time to go to the hospital to confirm the diagnosis, in the recipe to increase iron-containing foods, such as soybeans, beef, spinach, raisins, etc. can prevent anemia. Other strange colors are mostly caused by fungal infections. Keep the skin on your baby’s hands clean and dry. It is also important to isolate your family from fungal infections. If the infection is inadvertent, cut off the sick nail, rub the ointment for nail fungus, and insist on a period of time to see the effect. 【Rough nails: Vitamin B deficiency】 Give your baby more coarse grains and vegetables, especially to change the baby’s habit of picky eating, so that the baby balanced nutrition, you can add egg yolks, animal liver, green beans and dark green vegetables in the recipe. 【Nails thin and brittle: malnutrition】 baby nail plate is more thin and brittle most of the nails caused by malnutrition, the need to supplement protein, you can give the baby more fish, shrimp, walnuts, peanuts and other high-protein foods.