No matter how busy people are, there is always a time to stop. Many people always like to play with their little hands inadvertently in their spare time, but have you noticed? A small nail is like a barometer of health, hiding a healthy big book.
If we often observe our nails, we will find that they are not static. For example, shortly after we have a fever, horizontal grooves or vertical ridges will appear on our nails, which is what people usually call "ridges". This is because our physical health declines during the fever, but this is only one of the manifestations of poor nail health.
Dr. Fox, spokesman of American Dermatology Association, once admitted that there may be warning signs of hepatitis, fungal infection, lupus, heart disease, anemia and other diseases on nails. For example, there will be angular blood vessels in the nail fold of lupus patients; 10% psoriasis starts from nails, which leads to nail bed cracking and sagging. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by long-term biting or digging nails; Even common diseases, such as thyroid diseases, can lead to abnormal, dry, fragile and easy to crack nail bed.
Why can a humble little nail predict so many diseases? Let's see what answers Chinese medicine has given us to predict diseases with nails. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that nails are the external glory of zang-fu organs and qi and blood, which are directly related to the zang-fu organs and meridians of the human body and can fully reflect the physiological and pathological changes of the human body. By observing the shape, size and color of nails, we can reflect a person's basic health status and even see his potential health crisis. And through the changes of nail luster, lines and spots, we can infer the pathological changes that are taking place quietly in the body. In other words, nails, like human internal organs, are an external portrayal of physical changes. When the shape or luster of nails changes, we should pay attention to whether there are precursors of those diseases in our bodies. Knowing how to observe nails also taught me the simplest health self-test method.
The length of nails is the most important place for people to pay attention to nails, but whether it is long nails or short nails, the body does not represent health. People with short nails have weak hearts and belong to the category of congenital weakness. But also prone to diseases from the abdomen to the waist, legs and feet. If this nail tip is flat and caught in the meat, it may be easy to get neuralgia. Diseases such as rheumatism. Although people with long nails are gentle and not impatient, mental diseases are rare in them. But people with these nails are also unhealthy. Such people are born with weak constitution and poor immune system, and are prone to acute inflammatory diseases, such as upper respiratory tract infection, gastroenteritis, brain and chest diseases, etc.
Besides long nails and short nails, there is also a kind of square nails. This kind of person's nails are unusual in shape. Their nails are very close in length and width, close to a square. This kind of human body is relatively poor and often belongs to the type of weak constitution. Although there are no obvious serious diseases, they can easily become patients with many genetic diseases. If women have such nails, they should be alert to problems in the uterus and ovaries.
For a truly healthy person, the ratio of length to width of nails should be 4: 3. The above is just a simple description of the length-width ratio of nails. The mystery of small nails indicating health goes far beyond this. Judging from the shape of nails, we can also see many problems.
For example, lily-shaped nails are long, with obvious protrusions in the middle and curved around, shaped like lily pieces. This kind of nail is more common in women, and its shape is the most beautiful, but beauty often does not mean health. Most people with this kind of nails have been sick since childhood, especially the digestive system.
We can also judge the health from the color and luster of our nails. Healthy people's nails have a certain luster, very uniform, like a smooth glass. Many girls pay great attention to the luster of nails, and often apply some nail polish on their nails to enhance the brightness of their nails. High-gloss nails are considered beautiful nails, which are easy to attract others' attention, but high-gloss nails do not mean good health. Once the nail color changes, it means that something has happened in some parts of the body and should be paid attention to.
Uneven gloss:
Uneven nail gloss can be manifested in different nails or in different parts of the same nail. If the front end of each nail is shiny and the root is dull, there may be chronic bronchitis; If only some nails are uneven in luster, it suggests that there are some chronic injuries and inflammation in the body.
Lose luster:
If the whole nail is like ground glass, it has no luster at all, indicating that the body has some chronic diseases, so we must pay attention to it.
Judging whether a person's nails are healthy, except for the proportion of nails; Shape; In addition to color, the key depends on whether his deck and nail bed are defective, that is, whether the fleshy part under the surface and nails is defective. Abnormal changes in his nails are common in middle-aged people, and many diseases can be manifested from his nails. The most common diseases are diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and some hereditary skin diseases.
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases. With the improvement of people's living standards and the increase of obesity incidence, the incidence of diabetes is also increasing year by year. Many people who think of diabetes always associate it with obesity and think that obesity is a sign of diabetes. This statement is scientific, but small nails can also accurately predict whether you have diabetes.
Ms. Xiao, 53, recently found that her nails are always easy to break. When she is doing housework, her nails will fall off one by one with a gentle knock. Moreover, she feels that her nails seem to be getting thicker and a little yellow.
So Ms. Xiao went to the dermatology department. After examination, no fungal infection was found in Ms. Tang's nails. By asking about the medical history, Ms. Xiao's father was originally suffering from diabetes. Combined with some symptoms of Ms. Xiao, the doctor suggested that Ms. Xiao check her blood sugar. The examination results show that Ms. Xiao has diabetes.
It is no accident that Ms. Xiao diagnosed diabetes from her nails. The lesions in nails are not primary, but problems in other organs of the body, and then secondary nail lesions appear. Besides diabetes, there are some congenital heart diseases and rheumatic heart diseases. The abnormal changes of nails in patients with diabetes and heart disease are due to the metabolic disorder in their bodies, which leads to vascular circulation disorder and blocked blood supply. As one of the extremities of limbs, nails often become brittle, defective, thick or have symptoms such as finger swelling. In addition to diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the changes of nails can also reflect whether the human body is in a sub-health state.
For some beauty-loving ladies who pay attention to nails, we can know whether they are beautiful and healthy by looking at their nails.
"Anti-armour" beauties need to pay attention. If your nails are shaped like a small spoon, they are also called "teaspoon nails". This kind of nail looks beautiful, but its color is lighter. People who appear this phenomenon may be anemia, often accompanied by dizziness, headache, tinnitus, dizziness, black spots or "stars" in front of them, and at the same time depressed, tired, sleepy, and difficult to concentrate. At this time, you should consider taking some vitamin C, which can help iron absorption and help to make heme.
Ladies and gentlemen of "cudgel armor" should be careful, the nails of "cudgel armor" will swell like wooden sticks. This kind of nail is not only ugly in appearance, but also unhealthy. Because "strong armor" is a sign of cardiovascular disease. Many cardiovascular diseases are related to this, such as atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, hypertension and heart failure. You should pay more attention to your diet at this time. Pay attention to the intake of salt, because eating too much salt is not a good thing! In particular, nutritionists believe that a light diet is a good way to keep healthy. Can avoid many diseases, and is simple and effective.
"White nails" means that nails are pale and lack blood color. If the nails are dull and completely white, this may be a sign of liver disease. On the one hand, you must develop the habit of drinking more water, enhance blood circulation, facilitate digestion and absorption and waste elimination, and reduce the damage of metabolites and toxins to the liver. On the other hand, we should pay attention to a balanced diet, and don't overeat or often go hungry. This kind of hungry and full eating habit will cause abnormal secretion of digestive juice and lead to disorder of liver function. In addition, if the nails suddenly turn white, it is common to have emergencies such as hemorrhagic shock, or chronic diseases such as hookworm disease and gastrointestinal bleeding. It should be noted that if the nails are as white as ground glass, it is a feature of cirrhosis.
In addition, many male compatriots' nails are often gray, mostly because of lack of oxygen, because smokers often have such an imagination. For non-smokers, nails suddenly turn gray, most likely suffering from onychomycosis. At first, the edge of the nail will itch, and then the nail will lose its luster and turn gray, such as onychomycosis. Nail yellowing is considered to be mostly caused by damp-heat fumigation in traditional Chinese medicine, which is common in hypothyroidism, carrot disease and nephrotic syndrome. Western medicine believes that yellow nails are mostly related to the lack of vitamin E in the body. If all nails turn yellow, they must be treated, because it is a symbol of general weakness.
No matter what the internal disease is, it will usually be reflected outside the body surface sooner or later, and nails are one of the barometers to help judge whether a person is healthy or not. Pay attention to your nails from time to time, and you will have a good helper to find physical diseases in advance.