Only someone who has been a victim of angular cheilitis knows how much it really hurts to have your mouth several dry and your lips covered in cracks. Its starts very simply and you may think at first that with some time it will go away. But as time continues on you discover that it is slowly developing into cracks and painful sores. You will also begin to wonder what is going on with your mouth it has never done this before.
It starts with cracked lips and then develops into angular cheilitis. It is a swelling of the corners of your mouth causing pain and discomfort. Although it is by no means life threatening it is painful and can hit the self esteem hard. No one wants to look in the mirror and wonder what is wrong with their mouth.
The mouth is one of the most prominent features on the face. When it is covered in a rash, surrounded by cracks, and dotted with sores it is hard to find beauty in it. Your self esteem can suffer while you have this condition which in turn means angular cheilitis also effects your job and social life. When you don’t feel presentable enough to approach people being social becomes difficult and being at work seems unbearable.
Noticing the signs of cracked lips, swelling, bleeding etc early can be a real benefit because most time angular cheilitis doesn’t go away on its own. If you can begin treatment early then symptoms reduce more quickly and become less noticeable with each passing day. Don’t be afraid to apply lip balm when your lips are chapped you don’t know what exactly you are preventing. Or if you know your diet is deficient in a particular vitamin or mineral make and effort to incorporate that into your meals. You won’t be the only one before too long that can see your deficiency.
Hello,
I’ve been suffering from this condition for a quite a while. Swept the internet back and forth for an answer. Visited about 10 – 12 ’specialists’ about it and no one knows what it is. I also search for communities or at least some forum where people discuss what is happening with their condition, solutions, and suggestions. I found nothing except this forum. So I’ve created a blog on my site where I will publicly post every day one picture of the mouth and fill in diet(what i had to eat) and any vitamins taken. Anyone can become a user, I really want to beat this thing and I think that through physically looking back on each days events we will not only be able to pinpoint what sets it off but possibly what not to eat etc. etc. Please help my blog by becoming a member and maybe together we can all try and crack this one!!
http://www.jayandtonyservices.com/blog/
hit login and then register. you can email me at jayandtony@gmail.com if you have any issues with the site etc. All I know is i’m sick of not being able to stare someone in the eye because I think i look ugly. This way we can analyze results together and find something that works. I’ve made a seperate category for us… ‘Health Progression’