Chapped mouth

Introduction The splitting of the mouth is the cracking of the mucous membrane around the lips and mouth. Since a large part of our body is water, especially infants and young children, the proportion of water in the body is larger, accounting for about 60% to 70% of body weight. When the environment is dry or lacking water, skin and mucous membranes It will become dry, fragile and prone to rupture. In addition, there are many sebaceous glands in our skin. Their role is to secrete oil and cover the surface of the skin to prevent the water from evaporating too quickly to keep the skin moisturized. This is the main reason why our skin can remain intact and moisturized.

Cause

1. Lack of fresh vegetables and fruits. Children's intake of vitamins from the diet is reduced, which is likely to cause a deficiency of B vitamins in the body, resulting in vitamin B deficiency keratitis.

2. The climate is dry. The cold and dry climate often causes the skin mucosa around the lips and mouth of the child to chapped, and the surrounding pathogens cause the infection and cause angular cheilitis.

3, bad habits promote oral keratitis. In the cold and dry autumn and winter, the lips are chapped, and some children often use their tongues to lick them, which makes them easier to chapped. In addition, eating bad habits such as snacks and rubbing fingers can easily lead to angular cheilitis.

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Related inspection

Oral endoscopic oral X-ray examination

It is easy to diagnose based on clinical manifestations. Since a large part of our body is water, especially infants and young children, the proportion of water in the body is larger, accounting for about 60% to 70% of body weight. When the environment is dry or lacking water, skin and mucous membranes It will become dry, fragile and prone to rupture. If you find that the mucous membranes around the lips and mouth are cracked or smashed, it is a crack in the mouth.

Differential diagnosis

The identification of coccidiosis keratitis is mainly from the culture smear and PAS staining, and the diagnosis can be confirmed when the candida mycelium is found. Coccus angular keratitis is a type of three kinds of keratitis that is a bacterial infection. Bacteria or fungi are brought to the corners of the mouth and easily form inflammation in a humid environment.

It is easy to diagnose based on clinical manifestations. The lips are dry, and the mouth can be immersed, moistened, smashed, chapped, and consciously have a burning sensation, which can be diagnosed according to clinical manifestations. In children with malnutrition, pustules can appear in and around the mouth and be differentiated from infection with pyogenic bacteria.

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