Nail Can Reveal Your Health
Your fingernails can provide clues to your overall health.
For an instance, when our body is healthy, nails can grow well. Fingernails and
toenails are far away from the heart but they are linked venule with arteriole
without capillary vessels.
The region directly linked venula with arteriole is
called glomerulus. Now that such glomerulus is largely distributed, problems in
the liver, lungs and heart can show up in your nails.
Healthy nails are usually 0,5mm thick, hard and
transparent pink. When you press the fingernails, at first they turn white and
then return to their original color within 3 seconds.
If it takes longer than 3 seconds, it
may be doubt of the following health problems: anemia, lack of hormone,
menstrual pains or irregular menstruation.In addition, when the color of the fingernails are
close to pale white without pink, it may be doubt of malnutrition or
tuberculosis.
That's why proper nail care is very important. In
general, women give attention to care for fingernails: they have their nails
grow well and they paint the nails with pretty colors. No matter how clean you
keep your long nails, it is difficult to prevent the propagation of bacteria.
The longer the nails, the more bacteria may
increase. According to dermatology's data, the major bacteria in the
fingernails are as follows: bacillus pneumonia, a urinary infection, yeasts
that cause blood infection and staphylococcus.
When you cut the fingernails, it is good to leave
about 1-2mm distal edge. On cold and dry days, the fingernails are apt to get
cracked and chapped just like hands. If your nail cuticle is easily flaky and
splitting, it may signal insufficient nutrition of the fingernail.
To keep your fingernails moist and
glossy, it is necessary to use hand cream on hands and moisturize the nails
with cuticle cream. Also, you should cut nails straight across if possible and
take a close look at the shape and color of the nails while cutting them. Easy
and correct habits are conductive to good health.
I hope you will stay healthy through
simple and easy ways.
