Fingernail biting in children is related to psychological factors, lack of trace elements and other reasons. Usually can take psychological counseling, medication and other ways to correct.
1. Psychological factors: children biting fingernails usually have a close relationship with psychological factors, such as nervousness, anxiety and other moods can lead to children biting fingernails, or imitation of adult behavior. Parents should give adequate companionship, timely attention to children’s psychological state, if necessary, should be regular hospital professional psychological counseling correction.
2. Elemental deficiencies: if the children themselves lack of certain elements, such as iron or zinc, etc., it is easy to cause children biting fingernails. Usually need to supplement ferrous sulfate or zinc gluconate and other drugs.
If children frequently bite fingernails and do not see relief, or accompanied by other symptoms, should promptly go to the hospital children’s health department for consultation, to identify the causes and give targeted treatment.