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Chapped lips are the result of dry, cracked skin on your lips often due to cold or dry weather, sun exposure, frequently licking your lips or dehydration. You can treat chapped lips at home with the use of lip balm or ointment to ease any discomfort.
Cheilitis refers to a medical condition where the lips become inflamed, scaly, and cracked. Possible causes include irritants and allergens, atopic dermatitis, chronic sun exposure, and infection. A healthcare provider can diagnose the condition based on a visual examination of your lips (and surrounding skin) and testing if needed.
Angular cheilitis is a condition that causes red, swollen patches in the corners of your mouth where your lips meet and make an angle. Other names for it are perleche and angular stomatitis.
Cheilitis is a general term for lip inflammation. It can be acute or chronic and affect the following: Lips. The skin around your mouth. The lining inside your lips. Lip dryness, chronic exposure to the sun, allergies, and infections can all cause your lips to become inflamed.
Cheilitis is an inflammation of the lips, which could be acute or chronic. The inflammation primarily arises in the vermilion zone but may extend to surrounding skin and less commonly, to the oral mucosa.
Cheilitis is the term used to describe inflamed lips. Types of cheilitis. The lips can be inflamed because of an infection or skin condition: Herpes simplex. Angular cheilitis. Granulomatous cheilitis. Orofacial granulomatosis. Crohn skin disease. Actinic cheilitis. Exfoliative cheilitis. Glandular cheilitis. Lichenoid cheilitis.
Eczema on the lips, also known as eczematous cheilitis, is inflammation or irritation on the skin of your lips. It’s sometimes associated with atopic dermatitis. It can lead to dry, scaly or painfully cracked lips. It’s a more severe form of chapped lips.