Why are your lips always dry? Diet and health care are the key

During the dry season, many people experience chapped lips. Generally speaking, this is a manifestation of chronic cheilitis, which can be improved through diet and changing bad habits. Severe cases may even cause pigmentation on the skin at the corners of the mouth.

Dry lips are generally a sign of chronic cheilitis, which can be improved through diet and changing bad habits. If you are extremely thirsty, you should be alert to whether you have high blood sugar and seek medical attention promptly.

Many people lick their lips unconsciously because they feel their lips are dry and chapped. The result is often counterproductive, and the symptoms of dry lips are aggravated, and even cause swelling of the lips and blood scabs. In fact, the above symptoms are generally typical manifestations of chronic cheilitis.

Chronic cheilitis is a chronic nonspecific inflammatory lesion of the lips, which is mostly caused by various long-term and continuous stimulation, such as dryness, cold, use of inferior lipstick or continuous use of non-fading lipstick, especially related to bad habits such as licking and biting the lips. When you lick your lips with your tongue, the moisture brought by the saliva will not only evaporate quickly, but will also take away the little moisture that already exists on the lips, causing a vicious cycle of the more you lick, the drier the lips become. In severe cases, it may even cause pigmentation on the skin at the corners of the mouth.

Lips scab easily and also are related to this bad habit of licking lips. Since saliva contains a variety of digestive enzymes, after the saliva on the lips evaporates, large molecules of protein will remain on the lips and form a scab together with the shed cells on the lips. Since the tissue under the scab is incomplete, if it is torn off forcibly, it will cause more local exudation and thus form more scabs.

If you are extremely thirsty and drinking water does not help, it may be caused by a physical problem or endocrine disorder. You should be especially alert to the presence of high blood sugar. Once such symptoms occur, it is recommended to go to the hospital to test blood sugar levels and kidney function.