Horizontal lines on finger nails may be caused by exposure to irritating substances, nail dystrophy and onychomycosis.
1. Exposure to irritating substances: when patients are exposed to irritating substances such as detergents, they may make their nails weak and in the process of growth, the undesirable symptom of horizontal stripes on finger nails may appear.
2. Nail malnutrition: in daily diet, there are bad dietary habits such as picky eating or partiality, causing the lack of calcium and other trace elements in the body, resulting in nail malnutrition, which may cause bad symptoms such as horizontal stripes on the fingernails.
3. ringworm of the nail: mainly fungi invade and infect the nail plate and subnail tissues, leading to abnormalities in the nail plate and subnail tissues, which may be manifested as symptoms of horizontal lines on the fingernails.
When the patient has the symptom of horizontal lines on the fingernail, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital for examination and diagnosis in time, and choose the corresponding treatment under the guidance of the doctor.