Children’s nails with white spots, medically called punctate white nails, may be caused by trauma, heavy metal poisoning, nutrient deficiencies and so on.
1. trauma: children’s nails have white spots on the case, most of them are because of children’s mobility, nails bump left scars, these traces in the process of nail growth will naturally disappear.
2 heavy metal poisoning: thallium poisoning can appear on the nail white spots, but often accompanied by systemic symptoms.
3. Nutritional element deficiencies: niacin deficiency or iron or zinc deficiency may cause pitting white nails.
Children with white spots on the nails may also have other causes, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.