What causes white spots on lips?

There are many diseases in life that most people are not aware of. Due to the rapid development of modern life, people's hygiene conditions have not kept up with the development of the times. As a result, some pollution sources have induced various strange diseases, posing a greater threat to people's health. Most of these diseases are viral infections, which are very difficult to diagnose and treat. For example, white spots on the lips are a common symptom, which can cause abnormalities in the patient's lips and cause certain pain. Let’s take a look at what causes white spots on the lips. I hope everyone can understand.

1. The symptoms of small white spots on the lips occur in children. The first thing to consider is whether the white spots on the lips are caused by hand, foot and mouth disease. Especially for children under five years old, small white spots may appear on their lips at the same time as symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease. Children with hand, foot and mouth disease will not only have small white spots on their lips, but will also develop herpes on their hands, feet, mouth and other parts of their body. In addition, there are some other features, but they are not obvious. Therefore, if the small white spots on the lips appear at the same time as hand, foot and mouth herpes, hand, foot and mouth disease should be treated.

2. The white spots on the lips may be leukoplakia, which is white patches occurring on the mucosa. However, as a disease, it mainly refers to those leukoplakia characterized by hyperkeratosis and epithelial hyperplasia. For example, vitiligo can also occur on the mucosa, but its histological changes are mainly depigmentation, and generally there is no manifestation such as hyperkeratosis, so it does not belong to mucosal leukoplakia. Leukoplakia in dermatology includes lesions in the oral cavity and vulva. In the past, many medical scientists regarded leukoplakia as precancerous lesions, but a large number of observations and studies have proved that most leukoplakia are benign lesions.

3. There are many white spot diseases in life, among which vitiligo is a common one, but the appearance of white spots does not necessarily mean it is vitiligo. Because other skin diseases can also cause white spots, such as anemic nevus, achromatic nevus, tinea versicolor and other white spot diseases can easily be confused with vitiligo. Therefore, it is recommended that parents should seek professional diagnosis for their children in time after they find white spots on their baby's skin to avoid delaying the disease.