What medicine should I use for baby's angular cheilitis

When a baby has angular cheilitis, the corners of the mouth will be red, swollen and painful. In severe cases, blisters, bleeding, erosion and other symptoms may occur, which will affect the baby's speaking and eating. Angular cheilitis is usually caused by improper diet or malnutrition in babies. In this case, you need to adjust the diet and supplement the baby with fruits, vegetables and other foods containing vitamins. Angular cheilitis caused by bacterial infection of dry and cracked skin should be treated with medication.

Causes of angular cheilitis in babies

In winter and spring, people's sebaceous glands secrete less, and the lips and the surrounding skin are prone to dryness and cracking, which can lead to the invasion of bacteria and viruses, causing bacterial stomatitis or herpetic stomatitis.

Improper diet or malnutrition

Lack of vitamin B2, vitamin C and trace element zinc in the baby's diet can cause angular cheilitis. Babies with poor gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function are especially prone to angular cheilitis if they do not consume enough green leafy vegetables.

The baby has developed bad living habits. For example, if a baby has bad habits such as licking his lips, eating snacks, and sucking his fingers, it is easy to cause angular cheilitis.

Baby angular cheilitis medication

Mothers can choose to give their babies vitamin B2, vitamin C or antiviral drugs, and wash the affected area with warm, light salt water, and then apply Bingpeng Powder, Watermelon Frost, Pearl Layer Powder or 1% iodine glycerin, 2 to 3 times a day. It usually takes 3-5 days to heal. If your baby's angular cheilitis is related to zinc deficiency, you can take zinc preparations.

Diet therapy for baby angular cheilitis

If the baby's angular cheilitis is caused by improper diet, then mothers need to work hard on their daily diet. To help your baby develop good habits of not being picky about food, let him drink more water and eat more fruits and vegetables. Feed your baby more foods rich in vitamins B, C, E and zinc, such as animal liver, lean meat, eggs, milk, soy products, carrots, fresh green leafy vegetables, etc. Do not over-fry or burn the food during cooking, as this will cause the loss of trace vitamins. Do not over-wash the rice, try not to add alkali when making rice porridge or beans, wash the vegetables before cutting, and put them into the pot as soon as possible after cutting, and add a little vinegar when stir-frying.

1. Tremella stewed with rock sugar

Take 50 grams of Tremella fuciformis and 10 red dates and stew them with rock sugar. Drink it three to four times a day. This dietary therapy can effectively fight angular cheilitis!

2. Spinach and Pork Liver Soup

Spinach and pork liver soup is rich in B vitamins, which is beneficial to the recovery of angular cheilitis. Cut the pork liver into slices and soak it in water. Bring the water back to a boil, then add the pork liver and chopped spinach, and season appropriately.

3. Yam porridge

Yam porridge is rich in polyphenol oxidase, free amino acids and other substances, and is very nutritious. Traditional Chinese medicine theory believes that the lips are closely related to the spleen, so this dietary therapy can effectively strengthen the spleen and replenish deficiency.