What causes children's toenails to grow into the flesh?

When their children's toenails grow into the flesh, parents will be particularly worried, because at this time their children may cry non-stop. This is mainly because it is very painful for the toenails to grow into the flesh. If the situation is more serious, you must go to the hospital to take more emergency measures, otherwise it is likely to cause your child's toenails to bleed, and even cause diseases such as paronychia.

Toenails that grow into the flesh are usually referred to as "ingrown toenails". A more serious condition is called paronychia. It usually occurs on the big toe, and babies will encounter this problem most of the time during their growth process. It would be really worrying if you don’t know the prevention and treatment methods, but in fact, this is not a symptom that is difficult to prevent or treat.

There are two reasons for ingrown toenails or paronychia. One is that parents trim the two corners of their children's big toenails too short, which may cause the children to get ingrown toenails. Second, infants and young children often wear shoes and socks that are too small or too loose. Skinny shoes or socks push the soft tissue of the toes toward the nail, causing an ingrown toenail.

Therefore, when parents trim their children's toenails, they should not trim the two corners of the toenails into an arc shape, or trim the edges too deep. This way the edge of the nail will be pressed into the soft tissue of the nail groove. At the same time, doing so will stimulate the toenail to grow into the skin on both sides, and the edge of the toenail may be turned inward and cause ingrown toenail. All toes are at risk of developing ingrown toenails, but the big toe is most likely to develop an ingrown toenail. Due to the ingrown toenail, local damage occurs, causing pain, swelling and tenderness. The nail groove is easy to hide dirt, which facilitates the reproduction of bacteria and causes infection. It feels very painful and in severe cases, pus may flow out, forming paronychia.

In order to prevent children from being troubled in this regard, parents should learn how to trim nails. One is to trim the nails into a straight shape rather than an arc with shorter ends. The other is to choose suitable shoes and socks for children, not too thin. If symptoms already occur, your child should be washed with soap and water several times a day to relieve symptoms.

In addition to giving your children reasonable and scientific treatment methods, you should also buy your children some shoes and socks that are more suitable for them. Only in this way will it not irritate their toenails. You must not buy some thin and small shoes and socks, otherwise they may feel that walking becomes a little painful. You must also use soap to wash their toenails every day.