Lips dry and cracked, peeling? Can't lick!
2023-11-24
When it comes to chronic cheilitis and keratitis, everyone is probably familiar with it. Who hasn't had a dry, cracked, peeling, or decayed lip in their lifetime? Especially in the northern autumn and winter, the climate is dry and it is the season of chronic cheilitis. Especially in the past two days, the strong wind in Beijing has cooled down, followed by an increase in the number of patients with chronic cheilitis and angular stomatitis, and even the discussion of "whether there will be side effects if you regularly apply lipstick" has also hit the microblog hot search. Experts suggest that lips are dry, cracked, or peeling? Don't lick it! Without it, it's no wonder the lips are prone to injury. The most common chronic cheilitis and keratitis in our daily lives occur more frequently in autumn and winter. Due to the dry climate in autumn and winter, and the absence of sebaceous glands in the red mucosa of the lips and lips, inflammation is prone to occur during the dry season. The main manifestation is dryness of the lips, with some small dandruff. In severe cases, the skin will continue to dry, and there may even be thick and hard scabs. Sometimes, there may be redness, swelling, tears, pain, bleeding, and other symptoms. In addition, the same situation can occur in the corner of the mouth area - chapped and bleeding, redness, swelling, pain, and restricted mouth opening. If not taken care of properly, chronic cheilitis and keratitis may occur repeatedly, even leading to lighter and whiter lips, or pigmentation and blackening of the lips and corners of the mouth. If it's all inflamed, don't irritate it. What should we pay attention to when it comes to cheilitis and angular mouth inflammation? Firstly, you should try to avoid various stimuli on your lips, including wind, sun, and cold, and wear a mask if necessary; You should be careful not to open your mouth too wide, and avoid getting sour, hot, or salty vegetable soup on your lips when eating. Secondly, since the lips do not have sebaceous glands, it is important not to lick them as this will only make them dry. Also, don't just peel off the skin on your mouth, as this will definitely tear off the meat attached to the skin and cause greater damage. The saying goes, 'Tearing the skin is refreshing for a moment, but after tearing it, it's bloody'! If it is relatively mild cheilitis and angular stomatitis, you can apply aureomycin eye ointment or mild lipstick without essence and pigment locally. Note that aureomycin eye ointment should not be used for a long time. For thick crusts, you can use a clean cotton wool dipped in warm water to wet compress the lips like a facial mask for about 15 minutes each time, and then gently remove the soft dry skin and crusts on the lips, which is conducive to the use of external ointment. If the situation is too serious, go to the hospital to see if it is dry, cracked, peeling, or even bleeding, infected cheilitis, or angular stomatitis. It is best to seek medical attention from the oral mucosa department. Oral mucosal doctors will prescribe anti-inflammatory, swelling reducing, and pain relieving ointments or hormone based ointments for local application based on the severity of cheilitis and keratitis. Some patients may be very resistant to "hormones" at the first sound, fearing that it may cause problems such as dependence or pigmentation. In fact, as long as the medication is used under the guidance of a doctor and the condition is controlled, it can gradually be reduced to discontinuing hormone based ointments, and such problems can be avoided to the greatest extent possible. It must be mentioned that after completely controlling cheilitis and keratitis, it is also important to take good care of the lips, pay attention to balanced nutrition, and have a reasonable dietary structure; Don't eat too spicy or stimulating food; Pay attention to maintaining a good mindset, not being impatient or impatient; Can be used at ordinary times without adding essence
Edit：GuoGuo Responsible editor：FangZhiYou
Source：people.cn
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