What is angular cheilitis? What are its symptoms and hazards?

In autumn and winter, the air is dry, which can easily induce various skin diseases, among which angular cheilitis is the most common. Although everyone may not know about angular cheilitis, they may have experienced inflammation, peeling, or even cracking of the corners of their mouth. These manifestations can be considered as early symptoms of angular cheilitis. When angular cheilitis occurs, how should we care for and treat it?

1. Symptoms of angular cheilitis

1. The initial symptoms of angular cheilitis are dry lips, erythema, edema, exudation, and scabs at the corners of the mouth. When the disease turns into a chronic disease, the local mucosal skin becomes moist, chapped, rough and desquamated, with radiating wrinkles extending outward from the corners of the mouth.

2. If it is caused by malnutrition, anemia, or riboflavin deficiency, it may be accompanied by damage to the oral, tongue, and genital mucosa, such as smooth tongue, redness of the scrotal skin, and corresponding systemic symptoms. It is usually bilaterally symmetrical, but can also occur unilaterally.

3. Patients with angular cheilitis feel a burning sensation. Malnourished children may develop pustules at the corners of their mouths and around them, which are often related to staphylococcal infections.

4. The lips are dry, and the corners of the mouth may become soaked, moist, eroded, and cracked, with a burning sensation. The diagnosis can be made based on clinical manifestations.

2. The harm of angular cheilitis

Harm 1. Patients with angular cheilitis will experience redness of the tongue and scrotum skin and corresponding systemic symptoms. It is usually bilaterally symmetrical, but can also occur unilaterally. Conscious burning sensation. Malnourished children may develop pustules at the corners of their mouths and around them, which are often related to staphylococcal infections. The patient's lips are dry, and the corners of the mouth may become soaked, moist, eroded, and cracked, and there is a burning sensation. The diagnosis can be made based on clinical manifestations.

Harm 2: Initially, the patient has dry lips, erythema, edema, exudation and scabs at the corners of the mouth. When the disease turns into a chronic disease, the local mucosal skin becomes moist, chapped, rough and desquamated, with radiating wrinkles extending outward from the corners of the mouth. If it is caused by malnutrition and anemia, it will pose a serious threat to the patient's health.

Harm three: causing stress in life. Since the pain occurs at the corners of the patient's mouth, it seriously affects the patient's appearance, causes the patient's inferiority complex, and brings great pressure to his work and life.

When the lips are chapped, people often lick them with their tongues out of habit, while some people tear or peel off the skin on the chapped lips and mouth, but bacteria may take advantage of this opportunity to enter and cause infection. Moreover, angular cheilitis can also cause malignant changes in internal organs. If not treated in time, angular cheilitis can cause systemic symptoms such as skin, joints, internal organs, multiple ulcers, recurrent pigment membrane lesions, and even cause malignant changes. Therefore, it is very important to treat angular cheilitis in time.