What is the cause of hangnails on children's hands?

Parents will be very worried when they find hangnails on their children, fearing that they are caused by some disease, and that the area around their children's fingernails will become particularly painful. In fact, try not to pull out the hangnails in a hurry after they appear, because if you pull them out directly, it will only make the fingernails more painful, and may even damage the skin around the child. Therefore, try to take good care of your child's hand skin.

Hangnails usually grow next to the nails. When you have a hangnail on your hand, don't always rush to pull it out. Because the barbs are connected to the muscles, pulling them off with your hands or other tools will not only be painful, but will also injure the surrounding skin and even cause bleeding and hand infection. The correct way is to soak the hand with hangnails in water, wait until the nail and surrounding skin become soft, cut them off with small scissors, and then apply hand cream. Alternatively, you can use a nourishing oil containing vitamin E to massage the area around your nails and knuckles to remove hangnails and soften rough skin.

Hangnails are medically known as reverse peeling. Under normal circumstances, the area around the nail is tightly connected to the skin without any gap, forming a natural barrier. But sometimes we will see that the skin on the fingertip near the root of the nail will crack, forming a raised triangular flesh thorn, which is called "hangan".

Hangnails are actually superficial skin injuries and are not a big problem. However, the baby may tear it off with his hands out of curiosity or because he feels uncomfortable and inconvenient. This will expose the dermis at the root of the barb and cause secondary bacterial infection. It will not only cause pain and bleeding, but may also lead to paronychia in severe cases.

1. Playful and active. The little ones are becoming more and more lively and active. They often grab toys with their hands, chew their nails, or rub their hands against other objects too much, causing hangnails to grow on their delicate skin.

2. Dry skin. Improper care will cause the baby's hands to have dry skin, and the skin under the nails will not be moisturized by oil, making it easy for hangnails to grow.

3. Nutritional deficiency. If your baby's daily diet lacks vitamin C or other trace elements, it may also show up through the skin.

Some children get hangnails on their hands due to lack of nutrition. If children lack vitamin C or other trace elements in their bodies, hangnails will grow directly. Therefore, simply replenishing water will not be able to directly cure the hangnails on children's hands. So they must eat more foods containing these nutrients.