Most common questions used to investigate
Do you realize that your nails can be dirty?
Do you know how infectious nail-biting is?
Are your teeth misaligned in recent months?
Do you wear nail polish?
Are your nails growing weirdly?
Are you stressed?
Common conclusions
Regardless of how clean your nails may look, the truth is many invisible particles and germs are lurking in it and these can enter your mouth every time you bite your nails. Needless to say, the chances of illness increase greatly when these germs enter your body. This is why you should refrain from biting your nails and be conscious of this dirt when your hands go towards your mouth without your control.
nail-biting is highly infectious and most of us don't realize its health consequences until it's too late. First off, biting the nail increases the chances of an infectious condition called paronychia. Its symptoms include a red, swollen, and sometimes a painful infection that typically comes around your nails. If it is a bacterial infection, you can also expect some pus to form around your nails and it can eventually lead to blisters as well.
Constant biting of the nails can cause your teeth to move a bit and possibly even have chipped ends. That's because your teeth are designed only for chewing food and not for biting nails. In fact, this can cause permanent damage to your tooth enamel that may require expensive correctional braces.
You must kick out the nail-biting habit today because toxins tend to build up on your nails when you put on nail polish. Later, when you bit your nails, the toxins enter your body and this can cause major health problems. Though some may argue that the levels of toxicity in nail polish is only a minimum, it is nevertheless poison, and we don't know the consequences of it in the long run. For these reasons, you should stop the nail-biting habit today.
When you constantly bite your nails, the chances to damage the tissues around your nails are high. As a result, your nails can start growing differently and in varied shapes, thereby giving you very weird-looking nails. The best way to bring them back to normalcy is to cut your nails with a nail cutter so it is even and in turn, this will help your nails to come back to its normal shape.
nail-biting is a sign of stress or anxiety. In general, you can nail-biting among people who are nervous, anxious, bored, or even hungry. It is a way of coping with the hormones that trigger these feelings.
Some studies show that nail-biting can be hereditary as parents who bite their nails tend to have children who bite their nails too. Though the exact connection is not yet known, stress alone is not the reason for nail-biting. So, if you're not stressed, look at other reasons for this habit.
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