Having chapped lips does not necessarily mean that you have Angular Cheilitis, nor does it mean that you will certainly develop this disease in the near or long future.
Moreover, there are great chances that, if you treat chapped lips right, you can never experience Angular Cheilitis.
Yet, most of the times people lick their chapped lips thus favoring the intrusion of bacteria and the development of cheilosis.
Here are some of the symptoms you experience when the situation gets worse and the chapped lips or the irritated folds from around the mouth become Angular Cheilitis.
First, you will see some cracks, cuts and sores around the mouth, initially only in the inner corners of the mouth, then gradually spreading all around it.
In most of the cases, this condition starts in both corners of the mouth, quite symmetric.
In severe cases these cracks and cuts are deep and become very painful when you try to open the mouth.
It is also possible that bleeding may appear when you open the mouth for eating, drinking or even speaking.
The bleeding is accompanied by even greater pain, while colorless liquid may also come out of the cracks, especially when some infection has occurred.
Usually those suffering from cheilosis get infected with candida, which makes their condition even harder to bear.
Angular Cheilitis may be treated, yet the healing may take weeks, sometimes even months.
Hydrocortisone is usually prescribed by the doctor, but other types of medicines such as different antibiotics or antifungal treatment may also be used, depending on how severe the problem is.
There are cases in which more than one cheilosis attack may occur during one year.
In such situations it is necessary to go to the doctor and ask for another type of treatment, as the bacteria may have become resistant to the antibiotics used previously.
Not each and every red patch around the mouth or all the chapped lips will evaluate into Angular Cheilitis, but if you feel that the skin starts cracking and it becomes painful, it is recommended that you start using some lip balm at first and if the condition does not alleviate then use special ointments that will trap the bacteria in a dry environment, thus killing it.
Moreover, there are great chances that, if you treat chapped lips right, you can never experience Angular Cheilitis.
Yet, most of the times people lick their chapped lips thus favoring the intrusion of bacteria and the development of cheilosis.
Here are some of the symptoms you experience when the situation gets worse and the chapped lips or the irritated folds from around the mouth become Angular Cheilitis.
First, you will see some cracks, cuts and sores around the mouth, initially only in the inner corners of the mouth, then gradually spreading all around it.
In most of the cases, this condition starts in both corners of the mouth, quite symmetric.
In severe cases these cracks and cuts are deep and become very painful when you try to open the mouth.
It is also possible that bleeding may appear when you open the mouth for eating, drinking or even speaking.
The bleeding is accompanied by even greater pain, while colorless liquid may also come out of the cracks, especially when some infection has occurred.
Usually those suffering from cheilosis get infected with candida, which makes their condition even harder to bear.
Angular Cheilitis may be treated, yet the healing may take weeks, sometimes even months.
Hydrocortisone is usually prescribed by the doctor, but other types of medicines such as different antibiotics or antifungal treatment may also be used, depending on how severe the problem is.
There are cases in which more than one cheilosis attack may occur during one year.
In such situations it is necessary to go to the doctor and ask for another type of treatment, as the bacteria may have become resistant to the antibiotics used previously.
Not each and every red patch around the mouth or all the chapped lips will evaluate into Angular Cheilitis, but if you feel that the skin starts cracking and it becomes painful, it is recommended that you start using some lip balm at first and if the condition does not alleviate then use special ointments that will trap the bacteria in a dry environment, thus killing it.
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