What disease do white spots on nails cause?

Do you know what your nails can reveal about your overall health? A patch of white here, a hint of red there, or some wavy or nodular erythema can be a sign of physical illness. What diseases do white spots appear on our nails indicate? If your symptoms match those described below, you should go to the hospital for a check-up in time to confirm whether you are sick. . What harm does white spots on nails do to your health?

1. Symptoms: Raised nail base and white spots on nails

Signal: It means you have underlying respiratory disease. Such as chronic bronchitis or emphysema.

Reason: This situation is also related to genetics.

Many people frequently cut their nails for cleanliness, use their fingers or cotton swabs to pick their ears, and use their fingers to pick their noses... Most people think that these behaviors are not bad except that they are a little indecent, but in fact, these actions are likely to cause you to lose your hearing, lose your sense of smell, and induce infection...

2. Symptoms: White spots on the nails and pink around the white spots

Warning sign: There is a high possibility that it is a precursor to cirrhosis.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the liver stores blood and the kidneys store essence", and the liver "is reflected in the nails". Nails are an indicator of whether the liver blood is sufficient. Since essence and blood have the same origin, they will affect each other. Therefore, the saying that "white spots on nails are a sign of kidney deficiency" makes sense...

3. Symptoms: White spots on the nails, and the white half-moon-shaped area at the base of the nail turns red

Warning sign: There is something wrong with your heart. You must go to the hospital for a check-up in time. Heart disease is not a trivial matter.

The doctor said: There are white spots on the nails, the nail surface becomes thinner, rough and easy to break, which may be caused by iron and zinc deficiency. Recommendation: Foods such as lean meat, eggs, seafood, and walnut kernels are high in zinc; spinach, black fungus, animal blood, etc. are high in iron, so you can eat more of them in your daily diet.

4. Symptoms: More than half of the nails turn white, and black spots appear on the fingertips

Warning signs: May indicate hidden kidney disease.

White spots on nails are not only a warning sign of disease in adults, but are also a common phenomenon in babies. The white spots on babies' fingers are different from those on adults, so mothers should not have too much psychological burden.

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