I like to gnaw my fingers, and the harm of gnawing my fingers

Some children, especially girls, like to gnaw their nails. Even when I go to kindergarten or even elementary school, I still unconsciously gnaw my nails, and even bite to reveal my flesh. Although the child himself wants to correct this behavior as soon as possible, he just can't stop.

Attentive parents may also find that the time when a child wants to bite his nails most is often when he is tired or nervous.

Nail biting is different from the more common "finger biting": children who bite their nails tend to be upset or emotionally stressed, while finger nibbling in their mouths is more likely to occur when children are thinking, such as doing exercises, reading books, playing chess, etc. In other words, the former is pathological and needs to be corrected more proactively, while the latter is just a bad habit.

A child who gnaws her nails may feel that she is not receiving enough attention from her parents or is insecure, she may not be able to deal with negative emotions such as frustration and depression, or she may find it difficult to meet the high expectations of adults. In short, nail bleeding caused by biting is actually a superficial phenomenon, but behind it is a hint that there is something wrong with the child, and the child may be suffering from depression, depression, distress or anger.

It is important to emphasize that you do not shout at your child to stop biting or forcefully pull your child's hand away from his mouth. Negative attention often only makes the bite worse.

American child psychologists point out that nail biting is the most common of all the neurological habits of preschool children. If not effectively corrected, this pathological manifestation may continue into the child's adolescence and into adulthood. Unfortunately, for children who already have a severe habit of gnawing their nails, experts have not yet found a very effective solution.

However, if you notice that your child is biting his nails, you can still try:

1. Find out the reason

Try to find out the real reason why your child is willing to let his fingers bleed and hurt, maybe the child has some psychological problems. If possible, please take your child to a child psychiatrist.

2. Transfer attention:

When the child is about to put his finger to his mouth, immediately divert his attention. For example, let your child play the games that interest him most.

Do not force your child to correct it, otherwise it will only increase his psychological pressure. If your child himself has a strong desire to correct his nail-gnawing behavior, you can also help him with the following methods:

1. Let your child chew gum or eat some snacks often, so that his mouth will not have time to bite his nails;

2. Every time the child successfully refrains from biting his nails, he should be rewarded;

3. When the desire to bite strikes, encourage children to draw or write;

4. Let the child sit in front of the mirror and look at the "ugly" of gnawing his nails, maybe he will be shocked and stop;

5. Find some beautiful slender hands to stick on the wall;

6. If your child is more likely to bite his nails while watching TV, he will deliberately reduce the time he spends watching TV, and the same is true for other occasions.

Keep your attention elsewhere, do you often have this action when you think, if so, force yourself to let your hands move, this habit must be changed, it is not good for the body.

Divert attention, gnaw again, and it's gone, and it's unhygienic.

Wait for your fingers to grow and then continue to gnaw, don't bite the meat.

...There's no way, change it quickly, maybe you can also correct the hand.

Why don't you try chewing gum or smearing chili peppers on your hands

I have a classmate who also likes to gnaw, and as a result, he went to Hangzhou No. 2 Middle School, the best ,。。 in Zhejiang

It's just a bad thing, not a problem.

There are three harms of gnawing fingers, the first finger has a lot of bacteria and is easy to get sick, such as parasitic diseases, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, etc. The second affects the aesthetics, and it is difficult to recover after the nail is deformed. Thirdly, eating fingernails is an obsessive-compulsive symptom that can affect mental health if not corrected in time.

Hazard one

Finger gnawing can easily tear your nails or bleed your fingers. The nail epithelium has an important function, it can inhibit bacteria, yeast and liquid from entering the upper layer of the finger**, so when the finger is bitten, it can cause mild infection of the finger and nail root, and even cause permanent nail deformation.

Hazard two

There are many finger bacteria, and gnawing the fingers will cause the bacteria to enter the body through the mouth, which can be complicated by intestinal parasitic disease and chronic gastroenteritis, due to repeated alternate infection of a variety of parasites, often leading to malnutrition and poor development of patients.

Hazard three

Most of the patients who gnaw their fingers develop personality defects and personality disorders in adulthood, such as nervousness and anxiety, withdrawn depression, timidity and withdrawal, or impulsiveness, sensitivity and suspicion, lack of self-confidence and perseverance; A small number of secondary anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, etc.

Frequent finger nibbling indicates a lack of an element in the body, and frequent finger nibbling can be very unhygienic.

In response to you saying "is there something missing":

1. If you are very worried about the problem of trace elements, you can take her to a health center or community hospital for testing, which is very convenient.

2. Most of the pathological manifestations related to nail deficiency of trace elements are caused by the lack of vitamin A, but if you only gnaw your nails and there are no pathological manifestations such as bumps on the nail surface, you basically don't have to worry.

3. In fact, finger gnawing is generally understood psychologically as an unconscious avoidance behavior caused by excessive inner pressure.

To you said "how to get it back":

1. Initially ask your child to do something that will completely attract his attention.

2. Begin to gradually cultivate his concentration to do the things at hand, which can be strengthened through some professional concentration training.

3. Try to let him form psychological hints and no longer gnaw his fingers.