Why does my baby's toenails fall off?

Parents are particularly concerned about their baby's health. In daily life, some babies' toenails fall off. Because parents don't understand the situation, they worry too much. In fact, this situation is mostly caused by malnutrition of the nail. There are many causes of nail malnutrition, which can be congenital or acquired. Next, let’s follow the editor to understand the situation.

Congenital nail plate dystrophy is due to autosomal dominant inheritance causing congenital ectodermal dysplasia, or epidermolysis bullosa, or nail patella syndrome, or clubbing leading to nail hypoplasia, developmental defects, congenital malformations, or systemic diseases secondary to dominant inheritance.

There are many reasons for acquired nail malnutrition leading to poor nail growth. It can be directly caused by nutritional deficiencies, including vitamin deficiency, iron deficiency anemia, etc.; it can be caused by various acute infectious diseases or other acute diseases that trigger malnutrition of the body; it can also be caused by chronic wasting diseases, especially liver disease, blood circulation disorders, and poor lung function that cause nail malnutrition; periungual skin diseases and trauma can also often lead to nail malnutrition.

The health of nails reflects the overall condition of the whole body. Nails are prone to splitting, breaking, thinning, and becoming brittle. In addition to being related to some diseases, it is likely that the human body lacks vitamin A or has systemic malnutrition. People with this situation should examine their eating habits, such as whether they are partial to food and do not like to eat foods with high vitamin A content such as radish and fish. In order to supplement the vitamin A needed by the human body, you should eat more lamb liver, radish, fish, fruits and other foods. Some people's problem is not partiality, but digestion and absorption dysfunction. Such people should consider further treatment.

In short, there are many hazards caused by nail malnutrition, among which nail loss is the most common. The causes of this may be different for different groups of people. If this happens to children, special attention should be paid. For the healthy growth of the baby, parents should take the child for further examination, identify the cause of the disease, and provide symptomatic treatment.