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How To Treat Severe Chapped Lips?

Hello, iI have been dealing with dry chapped lips and cracks in the corners of my mouth for over a month. My doctor prescribed feast inflection medicine foe two weeks. It seemed like it helped the first week. However this week it has started irritating again. I am not sure he has a clue what to try next.
Tue, 29 Mar 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain it it seems that you are suffering from Angular Cheilitis leading to dry and cracked corners of the mouth along with dry lips and can occur due to a number of common causes Iron deficiency or Anaemia, fungal infection,ill fitting dentures, loss of teeth leads to folds of skin at the mouth corners,systemic diseases like Coeliac disease etc..

In case if it got relieved with antifungal medication but recurred again it can be probably that the infection was not cured completely or there are other underlying factors for the same..
Treating the underlying problem that is causing the symptoms will help in its resolution..
You can also apply a thick coat of Petroleum jelly over the corners to relieve the dryness and smoothen the area..
Do cool compresses..
Keep the corners of the lips dry and clean and do not let saliva to accumulate..
A low potency steroid ointment along with antibiotic+antifungal ointment can also be advised..
Take multivitamin tablet for 15 days..
Drink plenty of water..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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How To Treat Severe Chapped Lips?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain it it seems that you are suffering from Angular Cheilitis leading to dry and cracked corners of the mouth along with dry lips and can occur due to a number of common causes Iron deficiency or Anaemia, fungal infection,ill fitting dentures, loss of teeth leads to folds of skin at the mouth corners,systemic diseases like Coeliac disease etc.. In case if it got relieved with antifungal medication but recurred again it can be probably that the infection was not cured completely or there are other underlying factors for the same.. Treating the underlying problem that is causing the symptoms will help in its resolution.. You can also apply a thick coat of Petroleum jelly over the corners to relieve the dryness and smoothen the area.. Do cool compresses.. Keep the corners of the lips dry and clean and do not let saliva to accumulate.. A low potency steroid ointment along with antibiotic+antifungal ointment can also be advised.. Take multivitamin tablet for 15 days.. Drink plenty of water.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.