What causes white spots on children's fingers? How to treat it?

If children have white spots on their fingers, parents must pay special attention. Because this means that the child may have roundworms in the body, or lack of zinc, minerals and other trace elements, so parents cannot ignore it, they need to take the child to the hospital for appropriate examinations, determine the cause of the disease, and then receive appropriate treatment. Below we will give you a detailed introduction to the causes, solutions and some misunderstandings of white spots on children's fingers.

1. Causes of white spots on fingernails

From a clinical point of view, there are three main reasons for white spots or white spots on fingernails. 1. Frequent stomach pain and other symptoms are caused by roundworms in the body; 2. Lack of trace elements in the body, among which zinc deficiency is the most common cause. If a child has white spots on his fingernails and is accompanied by zinc deficiency symptoms such as picky eating, anorexia, low immunity, susceptibility to infection, oral ulcers, geographic tongue, and dry hair, he should go to a regular hospital for a trace element test in time to identify the cause and then treat the symptoms to avoid zinc deficiency in children that harms their health.

2. What should I do if there are white spots on my fingernails?

Zinc deficiency is a common cause of white spots on children's fingernails. White spots on fingernails caused by zinc deficiency can be restored by zinc supplementation. In life, you should eat more zinc-rich foods such as oysters, animal liver, beef, seafood, etc. If the zinc deficiency is more serious, you can directly take safe and effective zinc supplement products such as Xinxibao Zinc Selenium to improve it. If a child has roundworms, he or she should follow the doctor's advice and take relevant medications on time. Children with poor digestive function need to carefully regulate their stomachs and intestines, eat a balanced diet, give the child more easily digestible and absorbable foods, and take appropriate amounts of digestive aids when necessary.

White spots on children's fingernails are mainly caused by zinc deficiency, lack of minerals and other trace elements, roundworms in the body, etc. Parents should first take their children to the hospital for examination, clarify the cause and then treat the symptoms. Do not take medicine blindly, and do not neglect it. These diseases are acquired and irreversible for children in the developmental period, and should be taken seriously and improved in time.

3. Misunderstandings about white spots on fingers

White spots on the nails are very common and usually recur. Some people say that this is a sign of poor gastrointestinal function, but this has no medical basis. Because of long-term exposure to the outside, nails are easily damaged. For example, fingers get stuck in door cracks, nails are squeezed or collided, etc., which causes damage to the nail matrix cells at the root of the nails during production, resulting in white spots. If the nail bed is damaged, splinter-like bleeding will occur under the nails. Don't worry though, as the nail grows upwards it will eventually be trimmed off.