Why does my child’s lips become red and chapped?

As autumn approaches, many parents have a worry: their children's lips become red and cracked. What is the reason for red and chapped lips? How to prevent children's lips from becoming red and chapped? If there is a problem with the child's lips and the lips are painful, it will directly affect the appetite and also affect the child's development. The editor has collected several methods to treat children's red and chapped lips and prevent them from getting red and chapped lips. Let's take a look at what these methods are.

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.

In order to moisten their lips, some children like to lick them with their tongues. In fact, this is a bad habit, because licking 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.

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 as much as possible to keep the lips warm and moist. You can also apply some oils, such as facial oil, sesame oil or other cooking oils, or 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 principle of treatment is to adjust your diet.

This is an introduction to the treatment of children's red and chapped lips. Parents should pay attention. Autumn and winter are coming soon. It is important to prevent children from getting red and chapped lips. Don't wait until the day your child's lips become red and chapped to discover it. Pay more attention to it in normal times, detect it early and treat it early, so as to provide your child with a healthy growth environment.