The nails gnawed short and small can be improved by gnawing the nails of the habit of recovery, in addition to clear gnawing the cause of the nails, may be mental factors, zinc deficiency, bad habits, etc., need to be targeted treatment.
1. mental factors: long-term mental tension or insecurity, will appear to gnaw the nail habit, common in children, should be strengthened to children’s care, to avoid mental tension, you can take children to do some meaningful things, divert attention.
2. Zinc deficiency: children who have partiality or picky eating habits, easy to lack of zinc to appear heterophagia, can be treated by supplemental zinc, such as zinc gluconate, zinc sulfate, etc., the specific treatment and medication need to comply with the doctor’s instructions.
3. Bad habits: If it is caused by bad habits, patients should be supervised to change the bad behavioral habits, you can apply hand cream on the nails or wrap the nails with gauze to correct this habit.
Gnawing the nails short and small may also be caused by obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder, etc., need to go to the psychiatric consultation for further treatment.