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2. Cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   Cheilitis also called and known as chapped lips, is a medical condition characterized by inflammation of the lips. The inflammation may include the perioral skin (the skin around the mouth), the vermilion border , or the labial mucosa . [ 1 ]

3. Actinic cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   Actinic cheilitis is cheilitis (lip inflammation) caused by long term sunlight exposure. Essentially it is a burn , [ 2 ] and a variant of actinic keratosis which occurs on the lip. [ 5 ] It is a premalignant condition , [ 6 ] as it can develop into squamous cell carcinoma (a type of mouth cancer ).

4. What’s With the Dry, Cracked Corners of Your Mouth ... - AOL

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   How to Prevent Angular Cheilitis To limit the effects of saliva pooling in the corners of your mouth, use a lip balm, Dr. Rubin says. Lip balms will also help prevent it from coming back.

5. Angular cheilitis - Wikipedia

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   Angular cheilitis is a type of cheilitis (inflammation of the lips). [6] Angular cheilitis can be caused by infection, irritation, or allergies. [2] Infections include by fungi such as Candida albicans and bacteria such as Staph. aureus. [2]

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   Actinic cheilitis is more common among older individuals, and it's characterized by dryness and scaly patches or plaques, typically on the lower lip. With this condition, “the skin has been ...

7. Common Causes of Stomatitis, a Painful Inflammatory Condition

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   Angular cheilitis This form of stomatitis causes irritation and cracks in the corners of your mouth. It may be caused by a fungal or bacterial infection, or excessive moisture, says Dr. Man.

8. Lip licker's dermatitis - Wikipedia

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   Lip licker's dermatitis is a type of skin inflammation around the lips due to damage by saliva from repetitive lip licking and is classified as a subtype of irritant contact cheilitis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The resulting scaling, redness , chapping , and crusting makes a well-defined ring around the lips .

9. Is your favorite lip balm making your chapped lips worse? - AOL

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   Angular cheilitis is a skin condition that is often mistaken for chapped lips. This inflammatory skin condition causes inflammation and small cracks at the corner of the mouth.