The medical term for white spots on your fingernails is leukonychia. Leukonychia can manifest in a number of ways: white spots, horizontal or vertical bands, and sometimes a total whitening of the nails. The spots can appear on just a few nails or on all of them, and can appear on both fingers and toes.

If you, like me, have lived your life so far being completely baffled about why you get white marks on your fingernails occasionally, especially during childhood times when we see those white birds in the sky and start shouting 'leke leke give me white finger' then we're about to solve the mystery.

An Infection

A large number of conditions can cause white spots on the nails. Examples include infectious diseases, herpes, malaria, fungal infections and even arsenic poisoning.

When your body fights off infections it needs to devote more energy to that and so it slows down the growth of unimportant things like nails. The white lines then appear as a kind of indication that growth has been paused, but the good news is that the milk spots take so long to appear, you'd already know you had the fungal infection.

Mineral Deficiency

White spots on nails could indicate a zinc deficiency. The medical team at NetDoctor recommends taking between 20 and 40 mg of zinc to help with a possible deficiency. Talk to your doctor first if you have a medical condition or are taking other medication.


Injury to the nail

An injury at the base of your fingernail can cause white spots or dots on your nail as it grows. However, because of the time it takes for your fingernails to grow, you may not recall the injury. Some injuries will not show up for four weeks or more.

Common sources of injuries to nails include:
* shutting your fingers in a door
* striking your fingers with a hammer
* hitting your nails against a counter or desk
* Frequent manicures may also cause damage that results in these white spots on your nails. Pressure applied by the manicurist may damage the nail beds.

Solutions To White Spot On Nails

The easiest thing you can do for white spots is just wait for the nail to grow out, which takes about six weeks. Call your doctor if you experience other problems, such as pain, clubbed or distorted nails, or a bluish tint. These might indicate a more serious medical condition that your doctor will need to treat.

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Isn't this the 'lekeleke give me white finger' we used to sing/say growing up?, Everything nah Medical term now

Good, some may have it and pass it off as nothing serious but it's better that one knows about changes that happen to one's body

Chekeleke give me one better finger...

they appear when you flap your hands on seeing Cattle egret (chekeleke). So i don't know what you're saying.

I think it is" lekeleke come give me white nail"

When I was young. Na egret dey give me white fingers.

Leke Leke give me white white fingers, Leke Leke give me white white fingers...

Childhood Memories

Yuu

Interesting.
Also beau's lines appear on fingers too..

After my chickenpox bout. I had the lines on all finger and toe nails. Took four months or so to grow out

Unbelievable, I use to like having such on my fingers before sha.

Lies. Its leke leke

It's Leke Lake Fingers joorh

Those days of
"Pele leke gimme 1 finger"
And he does...how generous

Somebody is now saying it has medical implications

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lekeleke gimme white finger.
i wanted it so bad while growing up.

"Leke Leke" ...


something Indomie Generation will not understand

ok

Its infection? Well as i clicked on this thread and i checked my fingers but surpricingly they were not there! I knw many people here checked there fingers


Click like if u checked your finger nails

Na lie , na lekeleke . na so nNa go bring another version of Ebola oh .

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Chikeleke mode

simple its what chekele that white bird gives

children be like
chekele give me one one finger

Ok noted

ok

Leke leke give me white fingers

Leke leke