The little secret on your child’s nails

  The health of babies is a matter of great concern to almost every parent, and when a baby sneezes or has a slight change in stool color, the mother will be very concerned to see if the baby is sick. In fact, many diseases have omens, even a small nail, may also be a barometer of the baby’s health status! Parents can refer to this article for reference.  The long barbs: nutritional imbalance, lack of vitamins can not be torn by hand barbs, to be cut with a nail clipper; to the baby to eat more vegetables and fruits to supplement vitamins, dry weather to apply skin cream to the baby.  White spots: gastrointestinal discomfort, anemia, malnutrition Mom can take her baby to the hospital for a checkup to confirm the diagnosis of malnutrition or lack of trace elements, and then supplement the corresponding nutrition in the food.  If your baby’s nails have small pits and the nail plate is thin and not shiny, go to the hospital to look at the whole body to confirm whether there is a skin disease.  Half-moon crimson: anemia, heart disease Half-moon crimson on the nail is a sign of heart disease, if the light red is more anemia caused. In this case, go to the hospital to confirm the diagnosis, and increase iron-containing foods in the recipes, such as soybeans, beef, spinach, raisins, etc. can prevent anemia.  Strange color: fungal infection Other strange colors are mostly caused by fungal infections. It is important to keep the skin of your baby’s hands clean and dry. It is also important to isolate from family members who have fungal infections. If the infection is inadvertent, chipping the diseased nail and rubbing a topical ointment for nail fungus will work for a while.  Rough nails: Vitamin B deficiency Give your baby more coarse grains and vegetables, especially to change your baby’s picky eating habits, so that your baby has balanced nutrition, you can add egg yolk, animal liver, green beans and dark green vegetables to the recipes.  The nails are thin and brittle: malnutrition The nail plate of the baby is mostly thin and brittle caused by malnutrition, need to supplement protein, you can give your baby more fish, shrimp, walnuts, peanuts and other high-protein food.