Lip disease - cheilitis: symptoms and causes. Treatment of cheilitis in children and adults. Ointments and folk remedies for cheilitis

The article provides recommendations on how to treat exfoliative cheilitis. The characteristics of other cheilitis are given.

Diseases in the field of dentistry are not limited to diseases of the teeth and gums. Dentists treat and various lesions of the lips. Such defeats include cheilitis( cheilosis) or in the popular way.

The term cheilitis refers to diseases with different symptoms, causes of appearance. One remains unchanged - the localization of inflammation.

Treatment of cheilitis in adults differs from treatment in children. Diagnosis of the disease as an independent disease or as an external sign of one of the ailments, for example, metabolic disorders

• Halit appears as a pathological condition that affects the mucosa and lip rim. Lip folds pale, grooves and cracks appear on the inflamed skin of the lips. Lip closure line becomes bright red
• Provokes the appearance of cheilitis deficiency of B group vitamins, unfavorable microclimate effect. It can be windy weather, severe frost, other temperature changes, thermal or chemical burn,
• trauma. Laxation, wrinkles, cracks, pallor are all signs of infection. The lips can also be affected by harmful substances. For example, the glands are clogged with lip cosmetics

Types of cheilitis: exfoliative, candidal, glandular, atopic, angular, actinic

• Exfoliative cheilitis has a chronic etiology and is manifested by inflammation of the red border of the lips. Exfoliative lesions of the lips, as a rule, are affected by women
• Persons with different mental health disorders also suffer. The inflammatory process develops against the background of hysteria, depression, neurotic states
• Between the thyroid gland hyperperfunction, genetic and immunological factors and exfoliative lesions of the lips, there is also a close relationship
• If you ignore inflammation and do not start fighting with it, unpleasant symptoms can be troubling for years. Sometimes the disease is transformed into chronic forms of

. Self-healing does not occur. Treatment only grandmother's methods only aggravates the course of the disease. If the lips are swollen and there are abundant crusts that interfere with talking and even eating, it is an exudative form.

Atopic cheilitis of appears against the background of atopic dermatitis. Painful symptoms affect the skin around the lips. Affected areas blush, cause itching, burning, scratching.

Atopic cheilitis occurs after the use of substandard cosmetics, certain medicines, food products, when interacting with allergens

This type of disease is observed by exfoliation of the epithelium, its cornification, reddening of the rim, damage to the corners of the mouth. Cracks can form, and the skin of the face becomes dry and flaky.

• For glandular cheilitis is characterized by inflammation of the extra salivary glands, which is manifested by their proliferation. The disease can be both congenital( an anomaly of small salivary glands), and acquired. Suffer more often elderly people
• Provokes inflammation of the lips presence of a diseased tooth, other diseases of the oral cavity. The disease spreads through the excretory ducts of the salivary glands. Progressing, the disease manifests itself as erosions and cracks, the lips lose their elasticity
• Candidiasis( fungal) cheilitis , as the name suggests, causes fungi of the genus Candida. Fungal cheilitis provokes some antibiotics, decreased immunity
• Candida halitus is characterized by galling at the corners of the mouth, and lips are covered with a white film. If you try to remove the film, then exposed inflamed tissue, which can begin to bleed. Without treatment, candidal cheilitis passes into the chronic form
• In the pathogenesis of actinic cheilitis is an allergic reaction to ultraviolet, low air temperature, wind. The process is characterized by burning, itching, the appearance of erosions, crusts. Opening small bubbles causes pain
• Angular cheilitis is painful radial cracks in the corners of the mouth. Women older than 50 years or those who wear dentures
• are more likely to get the infection. The infection occurs in the places of frequent wetting of the corners of the mouth with saliva containing pathogenic pathogens C. albicans and Staphylococcus aureus. The tightening of the formed grooves is hampered by the subconscious desire to reduce the pain sensation by frequent licking of the lips.

Symptoms of exfoliative cheilitis

• Two types of disease are distinguished in the course of the pathology: dry and exudative
• . Clinical signs of the disease are manifested by inflammation of the red border of the upper or lower lip, or both
• The process is distributed in the form of a tapeinflammation from the corners of the mouth. On the skin around the lips, the lesion does not pass

Causes of exfoliative cheilitis

Factors that contribute to the disease:

• stress state, depression
• thyroid problems
• heredity, immune system disorders

What is the dry form of exfoliative cheilitis?

Pathology is diagnosed by dry lips, presence of peeling, burning. Lips are covered with scales with raised edges.

No erosion occurs at the site of the removed crusts, but redness persists. Bitten scales appear again after a while.

Provokes the onset of a disease of herpes simplex eruption, the presence of a chronic infection in the oral cavity.

The dry clinical form of exfoliative cheilitis is manifested at a young age. Although there is no significant inflammation, it is difficult to treat the disease.

What is an exsudative exfoliative cheilitis?

• Diseases are affected by middle-aged and elderly people. The disease proceeds with obvious inflammation and is accompanied by painful sensations. It can develop from a dry form, and a strong inflammation can immediately appear.
• The disease proceeds with puffiness of the lips, on which large scale scales appear. Scales form strata, sometimes they hang in the form of an apron, but the skin and mucous scales do not spread
• The color of the scales depends on the composition of the microflora. A remote flake reveals a bright red smooth surface of the lips. Patients suffer from burning and painful sensations, intensifying when the lips are closed

Diagnostics of exfoliative cheilitis

• The disease is diagnosed with the appearance of peeling, which does not go to the skin and mucous membrane. The emergence and course of the disease is affected by the neurological condition of the patient
• If the patient is once diagnosed with cheilitis, then he can be inherited as a change in the immune system
• . The main feature is that the patient's lips are dry, covered with massive flakes with a raised red border.
• . Flakes without pain andleaving an erosion. Within a week, new micaceous formations of
• appear on areas with removed scales. If the patient has an exudative form of cheilitis, pain and swelling are added to the listed symptoms. Cortex large, obstructive speech
• A bright red surface with milk exudate

is exposed at the site of the removed scales. Treatment of exfoliative cheilitis

• Treatment is prescribed depending on the shape of the escfoliative cheilitis
• The mental state of the patient also needs exposure. This is one of the important components of the successful recovery of
• . Various psychoemotional disorders are eliminated medically. Typically, dentists prescribe to their patients psychotropic drugs( sibazon, phenazepam, thioridazine)
• When depressed, the patient is prescribed antidepressants

Patient should undergo treatment of pathologies of the endocrine system. To do this, it is necessary to pass the corresponding analyzes of

. They stop the treatment with the use of border beams or "Bucca radiation".

The session is carried out after removal of crusts and flakes. To do this, the affected area is lubricated with a solution of boric acid.

Complete recovery takes 7-8 months, and the number of courses is 3 or more. Patients are recommended x-ray therapy and acupuncture.

It is used for the treatment of exfoliative cheilitis laser therapy, ultrasound, hormonal preparations are prescribed.

On sites of lips, afflicted with cheilitis, apply cream "Spermacetovy", "Delight".To soften dry lips will help and hygienic lipstick.

Ointments for the treatment of exfoliative cheilitis

Lesions affected by exfoliative cheilititis are lubricated with ointments with corticosteroids:

• 0.5% prednisolone
• Oxycorte
• 1% hydrocortisone
• Dexamethasone

If the disease has passed to a chronic stage, then 10% naphthalan, 2% sulfur tarointments.

How to treat exfoliative cheilitis with folk remedies?

Folk remedies are effective if combined with basic therapy. Before using any product or tincture, it is necessary to consult a doctor about the most appropriate folk methods of treatment.

RECIPE cooking chamomile tincture for treatment of cheilitis

How to cook: two ch / l camomile flowers pour a glass of boiling water and let it brew. Drink tincture up to 6 times a day.

RECIPE tincture for treatment of St. John's wort and oak bark

Ingredients:

• 2 st / l St. John's wort
• 2 st / l oak bark

How to cook : St. John's wort and oak bark add water and boil for half an hour on a small fire. Infusion to cool, strain and use for lotions.

RECIPE Sage and Calendula Tincture for the treatment of cheilitis

Ingredients:
40 grams of a mixture of herbs of sage and calendula

How to prepare:
A mixture of herbs pour 0.5 liters of boiling water and boil for 10 minutes. Tincture is cooled, filtered and used for lotions.

Treatment of exfoliative cheilitis: advice and feedback

Margarita, 16 years old: "My lips were very dry. It felt like they were pulling together. I squandered the small crusts, because it did not cause pain. At the reception the doctor said that this is cheilitis, a dry form. I was sent to a gynecologist and an endocrinologist. Only after putting all the tests, I was prescribed treatment »

Tatiana, 47 years old: " I was prescribed for the treatment of cheilitis ointment triacutane and vitamins. For some time the illness did not bother me, but then it all happened again: a red inflamed rim, dryness and tightness of the lips. Ointment helps only for two to three days. Appealed to the dentist and he advised to refuse for a while from lipstick and to be treated with ointment "Magic" zinc "

Arkady Nikolayevich, dentist :" if you came to see a doctor and found out that you have cheilitis, do not expect self-healing. You have to take tests, after which you will be prescribed treatment. To exclude candidiasis, a smear from the pharynx and nose to the flora and sensitivity is also required. "

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