White spots on nails may be related to nutritional imbalance, white nail syndrome, white superficial nail fungus and other reasons.
1. Nutritional imbalance: If long-term picky eating and partiality of food lead to protein deficiency and hypoproteinemia, it may cause white spots on nails.
2. White nail disease: the cause of the disease is still unclear and may be related to genetic and other factors. The patient’s nails can be seen as point-like white spots, and some patients may have white nails in patches.
3. white superficial onychomycosis: mainly caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum. Diseased nail manifestation for the size of varying flaky white spots, border clear, surface smooth. The development of the disease can lead to yellow nails, brittle and easy to break, the surface loses its luster or uneven.
Nails long white spots may also be caused by trauma, if frequent or long-term did not subside, it is recommended that patients seek medical attention in a timely manner, a clear diagnosis, under the guidance of a professional doctor to carry out the relevant treatment.