Nails are healthy barometer reminder: brittle nails may be a lack of vitamin A; fungal infections, nail easy to empty, thickening, etc.

Ruddy, tough, curved, smooth and shiny, this is a sign of healthy
nails. However, it was easy to split or broken fingernails, as well as
people's fingernails appeared depression, tears, thickening and other
issues. Experts advise, nail health problems can not be overlooked -
is a healthy barometer of nails
□ reporter Wang Ya-qing
Brittle nails may be deficient in vitamin A
"A few months ago, I found their fingernails and toenails rough
surface matt, uneven, a little bit yellow." She had got to believe
that his got onychomycosis on their own in the pharmacy to buy
medicine to treat onychomycosis, but the has not the slightest
improvement in symptoms. In the Provincial People's Hospital through
the nail fungus testing, she had got was suffering from a fungal
disease, is not onychomycosis.
"Do you belong to a situation of malnutrition." Director of the
hospital dermatologist Dr. Li Lu said, may be a lack of vitamin A, or
systemic manifestations of malnutrition.
A person who appeared malnourished, in addition to congenital
ectodermal dysplasia and other factors, more and systemic nature of
malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, vitamin deficiency, anemia
and other factors. For example, vitamin A can regulate epidermal
keratinization role in normal metabolism and the lack of will lead to
keratosis is poor, there will be soften nails, thinning, easy to break
and so on.
A person who acquired malnutrition, we must adjust the diet to avoid
the partial eclipse, picky eaters. Appropriate eat vitamin A (liver)
or carotene (dark vegetables) high content of food, if necessary,
under the guidance of doctors to use vitamin A preparations.
Nail fungus infection will also appear crisp
In addition to malnutrition can cause nail splitting, breaking things,
nail issues may also be related to a number of skin diseases. Nails
can be said that the health status of the human body a window. When
the physical health problems, nail conditions and the color will
change.
"Fungal infection, is caused by a disease most common situation."
Provincial People's Hospital, director of dermatology, said Dr.
Shou-Min Zhang, nail, such as by Trichophyton rubrum, Candida albicans
infection, a change may appear empty, thickened, brittle, color, or
taupe, or even defects, deformation.
"Psoriasis, commonly known as psoriasis and lichen planus and other
systemic skin diseases, can cause deformed nails." Shou-Min Zhang said
that if the skin psoriasis, the patient's fingernails will first
appear a small depression with acupuncture, the deck may be color ,
thickening or with a separate bed.
Others lesions caused by other conditions. Such as the yellow nail
syndrome, nail growth is slow, hard and thick, yellow gray, the
patient often accompanied by lung disease. Malnutrition, anemia, pale
nails and no redness of the skin, thin and soft. Patients with
visceral lesions, nail color, yellow, blue, or black, a quality hard
and brittle. Class in patients with endocrine disorders, nail wide and
short. These diseases, must be approved by specialist doctors checkup
can be diagnosed.
Contact with acid-base solution most likely to hurt nails
Last week, Shou-Min Zhang admissions of a patient, her nails often
broken, but no nutrition, disease and other issues, asking also
learned that her job is to work washing dishes, often caused by the
use of detergents.
"Regular contact with acid and alkali solutions, organic solvents and
washing liquid, can also cause brittle A, A Yokomizo and other
issues." Shou-Min Zhang, said people often use washing liquid, it is
best to wear rubber gloves and wash their hands and reduce corrosion.
Some people also frequent ingrown toenails, that is, a long nail into
the meat. This is largely inappropriate manicure or toe shoes A long
been oppressed, leading to fragmentation into the toenails on both
sides of a week, causing pain, inflammation and secondary infection.
To avoid this situation, first of all, shoes do not too tight,
diligence and clipping the nails; Secondly, the length of nails should
be cut very moderate, from 0.1 to 0.2 centimeters a bed.
"A lot of women like fashion nail, but excessive rubbing nails, can
cause nail damage, and even cross-infection." He said, the long-term
use of chemical medicine nail, nail damage and will increase the
chance of infection. Therefore, the United States that still leaves a
little to do or not do.
Armor is not 6 tips
1. Do not use nail containing toluene or formaldehyde products.
2. Do not let nails soaked in water (especially soapy water or
detergent water) for too long, when the nail after the water
absorption saturation become fragile.
3. Do not use nail force tap keyboard.
4. Do not tear nails next to the barbed leather, it is best cut with clippers.
5. Do not let nail beautician did not disinfect equipment used
directly to repair their fingernails, because sharing nail repair tool
also transmit diseases.
6. Do not ignore the skin around the nail or nail infection, once the
inflammation would be an immediate medication.