If you bite your nails you could die, so if you do it from anxiety or nerves, better seek professional help to avoid more serious conditions
Watch out! If you bite your nails you could die , warned the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), because when you do it you allow bacteria capable of generating a picture of sepsis that could be fatal for anyone to enter your stomach.
We understand that you feel nervous, anxious or any other disorder of the type, however, if you bite your nails you could die, according to the coordinator of Hospitals of the IMSS delegation from the State of Mexico East, Carlos Fernando Ramírez Aboites.
According to the doctor, this bad habit, known as onychophagia , causes those who do it to put bacteria or pinworms in their mouths that come from the year (imagine how terrible) and that were buried under the nail, which is the cause of stomach problems. and sepsis.
It is a condition whose signs can be confused at first with the flu, but then comes fever, rapid breathing, dizziness, diarrhea, and sudden onset with no apparent cause. Biting your nails is also a cause of malformations in your teeth and in the way you bite.
Also, your nail polish will be lost, which is followed by loss of nail growth and, in turn, widening of the fingers. In this way they will be deformed over the years.
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"The compulsive nail biter may be tempted to eat not only the nails, but also the cuticle and the surrounding skin, also known as hangnails, which causes wounds through which they can suffer opportunistic infections," said Carlos Fernando Ramírez Aboites .
The teeth that are most affected when you bite your nails are the incisors, in addition, you can also experience alternations of the jaw, pain in the neck and in the face, therefore the usual movements will be restricted.
But it does not end there, the remains of a gnawed tooth can become embedded in the enzymes and be a cause of gingivitis and periungual warts that appear around or under the fingers, which are also symptoms of the human papillomavirus.
Because you are one of those who want proof of everything, we tell you that there are already documented cases of medical claims, one of them is that of the Englishman Luke Honoman, 28, who presented a picture of the referred disease.
The above, after digesting hangnails. The man ended up in an emergency hospital where his life was saved after receiving medical attention.
Therefore, we recommend these five ways to stop biting your nails, take them into account, because in the end, your health comes first. As a curious fact, it will help you to know that false nails harbor more bacteria than natural ones, so you should also avoid putting them in your mouth.