What to do if your baby's lips bleed

It is normal for a baby to have rosy lips. Don't underestimate the role of lips. Not only can they assist with eating, but sometimes changes in lips also reflect changes in the baby's body. Don't ignore these changes. But sometimes the baby's lips will bleed for no apparent reason, and some parents will be very panicked. What should I do if my baby's lips bleed? Let me answer your question below.

Use lip balm.. Don't lick your lips. Saliva will remove the oil from your lips, making them even drier.. If you don't lick them for a few days, they will probably get better.

The red area around the human lips is called the "vermilion border". Its moisture is maintained by the local abundant capillaries and a small number of underdeveloped sebaceous glands. Due to the low humidity and strong winds in autumn, the blood circulation of human skin and mucous membranes is poor. If you eat less fresh vegetables, the body's intake of vitamin B2 and vitamin A will be insufficient, and the skin and mucous membranes will become dry and cracked.

Some people like to lick their lips with their tongue to moisten them. In fact, this is a bad habit, because licking the lips can only bring temporary moisture. When the moisture on the lips evaporates, it will take away more moisture from inside the lips, causing your lips to fall into a vicious cycle of "dry - lick - drier - lick again". As a result, the more you lick, the more painful it becomes, and the more cracked your lips become. What's more, saliva contains substances such as amylase. When the wind blows, the water evaporates, taking away the heat and making the temperature of the lips lower. The amylase then sticks to the lips, causing the deep connective tissue to contract and the lip mucosa to wrinkle, making the lips drier. In severe cases, it may cause infection, swelling and pain.

Don't panic if your lips are chapped. The first thing to do is to change the bad habit of licking your lips. Secondly, you should drink more water and eat more fresh vegetables, pears, water chestnuts and other foods that have the effect of promoting fluid production and nourishing yin. Of course, you can also take vitamin A or B at the same time, so that chapped lips can heal quickly.

1. Apply lipstick

2. Apply vitamin E before going to bed at night

3. Don’t lick the cracks with your tongue

4. Take more vitamins

To prevent and treat chapped lips, it is mainly important to eat more fresh vegetables, such as bean sprouts, rapeseed, Chinese cabbage, white radish, etc. Wear a mask whenever possible to keep your lips warm and moist.

You can also apply some oil, such as facial oil, sesame oil or other cooking oil, or use honey or frostbite cream. If you feel your lips are chapped, don't lick them all the time, as this will accelerate the occurrence of chapped lips. The most important treatment principle is to adjust the diet. In addition, you can take riboflavin (vitamin B2 5 mg orally, 3 times a day, for 2 consecutive weeks, which can generally cure the disease. You can apply 1% gentian violet topically, twice a day. After using gentian violet, if the wound is dry and cracked and there is discomfort, you can add chlortetracycline eye ointment or oxytetracycline ointment to apply to the dry and cracked area, or you can apply a little peanut oil or rapeseed oil. But never use hormone ointments (such as Fuqingsong, cortisone, etc.). You can also apply the steam water on the pot lid topically, 3 times a day, and it will be effective after 2-3 days.

In autumn and winter, the weather is dry and windy, and many people will feel dry and chapped lips, so they will lick their lips unconsciously. However, the result is often counterproductive, and the symptoms of dry lips are aggravated, and even cause swelling of the lips and blood scabs. In fact, the above symptoms are typical clinical manifestations of chronic cheilitis.

Chronic cheilitis is a chronic, nonspecific inflammatory lesion of the lips, which is mostly caused by various long-term and continuous stimuli, such as dryness and cold, and especially related to bad habits such as licking and biting the lips. When you lick your lips with your tongue, due to the dry air outside, the moisture brought by the saliva will not only evaporate quickly, but will also take away the little moisture that already exists on the lips, causing a vicious cycle of licking more and more, which makes the lips drier. In severe cases, it may even cause pigmentation on the skin at the corners of the mouth.

In addition, lips are prone to scabs in autumn, which is also related to the bad habit of licking lips. Since saliva contains a variety of digestive enzymes, after the saliva on the lips evaporates, these large molecular proteins will remain on the lips and form a scab together with the shed cells on the lips. Since the tissue under the scab is incomplete, if it is torn off forcibly, it will cause more local exudation and thus form more scabs.

In fact, chapped lips are a common symptom in autumn and winter, and can be prevented and treated by adjusting diet and daily habits.

First, eat more fresh vegetables, such as bean sprouts, rapeseed, cabbage, white radish, etc. to increase the intake of B vitamins.

Second, replenish sufficient water in time. Adequate drinking water is very helpful for the balance of human body functions and can effectively prevent chapped lips.

Third, both men and women should use lip balm to protect their lips, and try to choose colorless lip balm with less irritating ingredients. For people with allergies, applying sesame oil or honey to the lips with a cotton swab can also have a good moisturizing effect. Fourth, try to avoid external stimuli such as wind and sun, and you can wear a mask to protect yourself. Fifth, correct bad habits such as licking and biting lips.

The above is the answer to what you should do if your baby’s lips bleed. Baby's bleeding lips are caused by lack of moisture and dryness in winter. At this time, you should apply lip balm to the baby and tell the baby not to lick his lips. Then replenish water in time and give your baby more water. I believe that after a period of care, the baby's lips will appear rosy and healthy again.