How to treat cheilitis on lips?

If you suffer from cheilitis, drug treatment is necessary. At the same time, you must pay attention to changing the bad habit of licking your lips, avoid dryness or high temperature wind, and apply 0.1% linoleic acid to the affected area, smoke and drink less, and do not eat spicy food.

1. Western medicine

1 The first step in treatment is to avoid excessive exposure to sunlight, stop using or eating suspicious drugs or foods, avoid dry, hot and windy environments, and change bad habits such as licking lips, which can also prevent recurrence. You can use 0.1% linolenic acid solution or 1/5000 furazolidone solution to moisten the gauze and apply it locally. Apply 3 times a day, each time for 20 to 30 minutes. You can also use 3% saline or 3% boric acid water for wet compresses, and keep the sore surface clean. For small-scale erosion, prednisolone suspension can be injected into the base. For large-scale erosion, prednisone can be taken orally in a short period of time. Antibiotics can be taken if necessary, and chloroquine can be taken orally, 0.25 g per day. The dosage can be reduced after 1 week, and the toxic side effects should be observed. Local irradiation with helium-neon laser can also be used to treat cheilitis.

2 You can use drug ion introduction method to introduce 5% to 10% potassium iodide or 5% procaine into the lips, or apply corticosteroid ointment, such as Fuqing Ointment. For fungal cheilitis, apply Mi cream topically.

3. Avoid all external stimulation and correct bad habits.

4 When scab forms, apply 0.1% Rafenur wet compress and ulcer ointment.

5 For those with very mild desquamation and no subjective symptoms, you can apply a small amount of lip balm.

2. Prevention

1. Correct bad living habits: smoke less, drink less, do not use antibiotics at will, do not use inferior or unsuitable lipstick, and do not blindly get lip tattoos. Avoid factors that may cause allergic reactions. Change the habit of biting lips and tongue to avoid mucous membrane trauma.

2. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, such as protein-rich foods, and less sour, spicy, astringent, hot and fried foods. Don't eat inferior foods pickled with industrial salt, fried with "waste oil" or stir-fried with lime.