What is Angular Cheilitis? Angular Cheilitis, also known as perleche is a chronic inflammatory condition at the corners of the mouth. It is usually painful and can cause much discomfort and inconvenience.
Angular Cheilitis symptoms normally include cracking and sores at the corners of the mouth, redness or blisters with pus. Sometimes, they can also experience bleeding when the mouth is open too wide or when the infected area is being scraped.
Angular cheilitis cure can include using topical cream such as nystatin, clotrimazole, or econazole. Sometimes for the more serious cases, it is usually prescribed together with oral tablets to treat the condition. However, not everyone are lucky enough to get themselves treated using creams prescribed from doctor. Although sometimes antibiotics are prescribed for certain cases, it may only be effective for killing particular strain of fungal bacteria.
On the other hand, you can effectively get rid of angular cheilitis at home using natural solution for the external treatment and at the same time when preventive measures are being taken, your condition can be fully cured.
Eat more vitamins and food that consist of more iron because one of the causes of angular cheilitis is iron deficiency. Try to keep the infected area as dry as possible and do remember to take out dentures before going to sleep and make sure you soak the dentures to make it clean.
