Fight the infection: Remedies for angular cheilitis

Before you can truly fight angular cheilitis you need to understand the different things that are more than likely to cause an outbreak. Below I’ve provided a list of different known causes, armed with this knowledge you should be very well prepared to prevent yourself from have an outbreak of angular cheilitis.

Angular cheilitis can easily advance to severe stages, if it is not treated in a timely fashion. If it is allowed to go on for too long, the condition has been known to alter facial appearances. The ugly, crusty and sometimes oozing lesions while truly unpleasant to look at are not contagious or cancerous.

Angular cheilitis is a fungal bacterial infection that is caused by an overgrowth of something called canida fungus. You will find more often than not that there are ideal growing conditions in place around the corners of the mouth. Ideal conditions are a constant moisture supplay and an immunes system that is not functioning 100%.

The follow are the ideal growing conditions that can cause someone to have an outbreak of angular cheilitis:

Sleep drooling in certain people can lead to Angular Cheilitis. This is difficult to control for obvious reasons. The most common reasons for a moisture rich growing environment is, believe it or not, chapped lips. When our lips are chapped we tend to lick them in order to make them feel better temporarily. We do this automatically and with out thinking that it is constantly feeding the fungus the moisture it needs to flourish out of control. One way to stop this supply is to regularly use quality lip protection. Just put a tube of Chap Stick in your pocket before going out.

Children who play outside a lot and people who work outside tend to develop Angular Cheilitis more than those who work indoors, however the affliction happens in the population as a whole and all across the world.

These are some other possible causes of angular cheilitis:

- Deficiency in some vitamins such as iron and vitamin B complex can be a factor.
- Dentures that are not fitted well can also be the culprit. This is more common in older people wearing ill-fitted dentures.
- Allergic reactions to cosmetics and other solutions used in cleansing the face is also one factor to look for.
- Creases and lesions on the skin due to drying can be a suitable breeding ground for bacteria, yeast and fungi.