‘angular cheilitis’

Angular cheilitis

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

angular cheilitisAngular cheilitis is probably almost everyone ever had. Tearing and redness or scaling of the skin in the mouth are often painfully involved. The disease is also among the illustrious names perleche angular cheilitis or Angulus known.

The inflammatory tears can have different causes. They occur in atopic dermatitis, with influenza infections, allergies, contact with substances, herpes infections, fungal infections, anemia, diabetes, and especially in the winter.
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