Hair, skin, and nails act as indicators of our health. If the work of all organs is debugged, then a person has beautiful skin, shiny hair, smooth strong nails. In the event that some organ fails, this immediately affects the appearance and condition of the skin, hair, nails. If the nails become brittle, dull or a white spot appears on the nail, then this is a signal that you should listen to the needs of the body. Spots on the nails give many aesthetic inconvenience, because such a nail is visually perceived as groomed and sick, so many people hide such nails under a thick layer of dark varnish. If you do this, it will simply be ignoring the problem, not its solution. If a white spot appears on the nail, then you must first determine the causes of its appearance and proceed to treatment. There may be several reasons for the appearance:
- metabolic disturbance, deficiency of minerals and vitamins;
- stresses, malfunctions of the nervous system, increased emotional excitability;
- fungal infection;
- problems with the kidneys or the cardiovascular system.
Usually a white spot on the nail indicates a deficiency of certain substances, and this is the reason for the appearance of such spots on children's nails. This problem is often encountered by women immediately after childbirth. White spots on the nails of a child gradually pass when he begins to receive the necessary nutrients. Experts are convinced that the most common cause of this phenomenon is an imbalance of certain substances in the body, in particular minerals and vitamins. In this regard, if you do not suffer from any special diseases, you have no problems with the nervous system, then treatment can be completely limited by taking a complex of minerals and vitamins. It does not hurt to balance your diet, supplementing with vegetables and fruits. You can actively take complexes of vitamins containing vitamins A, E, C, as well as zinc, calcium, iron. Some doctors call an insufficient amount of zinc in the body the primary cause of stains on the nails.
If white spots on your nails appeared against the background of kidney or heart diseases, then the therapist conducting the observation should determine the causes of their appearance and the treatment procedure. In this case, the spots serve as an alarming signal about an exacerbation of a disease, so taking a vitamin complex is unlikely to help here, and self-medication can only aggravate the current situation. If you have these spots with a healthy lifestyle and the absence of chronic diseases, then you are most likely in a state of constant stress, overwhelming your failures excessively and suffering from depressed moods. In this case, it is best to seek the help of a neurologist, you can drink a course of sedatives, and you can also take a vitamin complex for an organism that is experiencing nervous exhaustion. A white spot on the nail may appear as a result of exposure to a fungal infection. In this case, you should seek the help of a dermatologist. With fungal infection, in addition to pigmentation, there is also a thickening of the nail, a noticeable change in its color. Do not try to get rid of the fungus on your own, as local procedures can only bring temporary relief or worsen the condition of the nail. In addition to prescribing therapeutic ointments in the presence of a fungus, a dermatologist also prescribes a complex of drugs that help cure the nail from the inside. Often stains occur as a result of damage to the nail, in this case, a doctor’s observation or special procedures are not required, the stain disappears after cutting the nail.
It is important to remember that nails are one of the indicators of health, so you need to be careful about them.