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As a child, who has not been told ?: “Those little spots on the nails come out due to a lack of calcium.” Or even that they sprang from every sin or lie of the child. Let’s see, why do they appear white spots on nails?
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Fingernails grow faster than toenails, about 2 to 4 millimeters each month. This is how it is maintained throughout life in the absence of disease.
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Hence, it has been heard that nails continue to grow after death. Well, this is false, what happens is that visually it seems so since the meat of the corpse shrinks and causes it to stand out more.
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The real mystery is the white spots, about which a lot has been written, and which in medical terms is called leukonychia punctata, and its appearance is due to the arrangement of the keratin as a consequence of tiny ruptures that occur at the base of the nails, favoring the formation of small air pockets.
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Keratin is a fibrous and insoluble protein. It is the main constituent of hair and nails.
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Therefore, they appear when you suffer blows to the tips of the fingers without realizing it. As the nail grows, they will move towards the end until they disappear.
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In this way, it is possible to “partially” believe that when there is a deficient diet, spots may appear, but not because of the diet itself, but because the nails are weaker and more susceptible to blows.
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Leukonychia has different types and can appear as a consequence of various diseases such as kidney disorders.
