You eat your nails? Read what you are in danger

One in two children and adolescents aged 10 to 18 years of age has the habit of ονυχοφαγίας, while in accordance with…
calculations, one in four young adults still eats his fingernails, with most of them to stop when they have reached the 30th year of their age.
The ονυχοφαγία is not “innocent”, but it is a custom that hides many dangers for the health of the individual, as reported in the magazine “Time Magazine” the expert in the health and surgery of the nail, dr. Richard K. Sir, a dermatologist at the Medical College Weill Cornell of Cornell university in New York.
Transmission of microbes
According to experts, the harmful habit is a hotbed of microbes as well as the nails are carrying a family of bacteria called εντεροβακτήρια and they include salmonella and e.coli.
When the bacteria that get in the mouth and in the stomach, causing gastrointestinal infections often lead to diarrhea and terrible pains in the abdomen.
The claws can also find “shelter” the viruses that cause respiratory infections, like the flu and common cold points from the side of the dr. Lawrence E. Gibson, professor of Dermatology in the Medical School of Mayo, in Rochester, Minnesota.
Paronychia
Another equally serious problem, stresses dr. Sir, according to iatropedia, is an infection that is called paronychia and is characterized by invasion of bacteria deep into the skin.
Such as specifying specific scholars, the paronychia, which is often caused by the dangerous bacterium staphylococcus aureus, is one of the most common diseases of the nails.
Causing pus, redness and “swelling” on the skin of the nail and often require surgical treatment and treatment with antibiotics or antifungal drugs.
Skewing teeth
Because, however, the ονυχοφαγία is extremely common in children and adolescents, it can create a problem even in the teeth. “Depending on the age of onset and the duration of the ονυχοφαγίας, the constant biting can lead to poor convergence of the teeth, change the shape of the front teeth or in the παρεκτόπισή,” concludes dr. Sir.