Why do children's nails not grow long?

Fingernails and toenails are essential to the human body. They are present at birth and are made up of protein. However, many people also think that fingernails and toenails are made up of calcium in the body. Many family members complain that their children's nails never grow long. In fact, our fingernails and toenails grow very slowly and do not grow at a speed visible to the naked eye. This article introduces the reasons why fingernails and toenails grow slowly. Let’s take a look.

Human fingernails and toenails are appendages of the skin, composed of a hard keratin protein that evolves from epidermal cells. From birth to death, epidermal cells are constantly metabolizing layer by layer, and new keratin is constantly produced, so nails continue to grow.

Nails have the function of protecting hands and feet so that the soft tips are not injured when the hands and feet are moved.

The growth rates of fingernails and toenails are indeed different. Fingernails grow 0.1 mm per day, while toenails only grow 0.05 mm per day. So, why do fingernails grow so fast?

The growth rate of nails is affected by age, health, season and mechanical stimulation. Frequent friction will accelerate the growth rate of nails.

Since nails are mainly composed of protein, paying attention to supplementing high-quality protein has a positive effect on the growth of nails.

At the same time, you should also observe whether the fingernails are not long, or whether the fingernails of the hands and feet are not long at the same time. Check whether your nails are deformed. If there is no deformation, don’t pay too much attention to it. Sometimes, if you pay too much attention to it, you will always feel that it is not growing longer.

Considering that the nutritional status is still poor, growth can occur after applying some health products. Malnutrition sometimes cannot be detected through examination alone, but it can also be diagnosed through symptoms. Therefore, you need to adjust your lifestyle habits, do more outdoor exercise, strengthen your physical fitness, lead a regular life, avoid staying up late and overwork, eat more foods high in calcium, pay attention to a balanced diet, avoid being picky about food, do not eat sweets for a long time, and get some sun often. You can also take calcium gluconate oral solution, vitamin AD capsules, etc., and observe.