Red lips in a child: a disease or cause of bad habits? Photo: Getty
Red lip in a child: atopic dermatitis
Redness may be accompanied by additional symptoms, by which doctors determine one or another pathology. The cause may be:
- avitaminosis;
- weathering;
- problems with the heart, vascular system;
- inflammatory processes in the internal organs;
- cold and infectious diseases.
One of the reasons why a child has red lips may be dermatitis. The problem occurs when in contact with household products, soap, cosmetics or allergenic products.
In such cases, it is necessary to contactan allergist and follow his recommendations. Treatment consists of antihistamines and taking B vitamins. If the process is advanced and a red crust has also formed around the lips, treatment is carried out with corticosteroids and ointments.
Red lips in a child: cheilitis eczematous
With this pathology, the child's lower lip is redis covered with blisters that burst and itch, the baby feels itching, swelling appears. With such symptoms, it is painful for the baby to open his mouth, eat. With eczematous cheilitis, treatment with sedatives and desensitizers is necessary. Chronic redness and cracks, in which the integrity of the labial tissue is damaged, a single deep and transverse groove may appear on the border. This pathology is common and requires long-term treatment. The cause may be:
- injury;
- the habit of gnawing lips;
- lick them;
- smoking;
- stresses.
If you don't treat a child's red lips for a long time, thenthe crack becomes covered with a brown crust, the tissues around it swell, it hurts to chew and speak. It is necessary to fight the problem, since in rare cases the wound can develop into a malignant tumor. Sea buckthorn oil, Solcoseryl ointment, and rosehip oil are used as treatment. In order for a child to grow up healthy, it is necessary to pay attention to everything, even small details. Red lips should alert adults and this is a signal to go to the doctor. Only a specialist can make an accurate diagnosis and take the right measures to eliminate the disease. Read more:
