What should my baby do if his lips are chapped? How to prevent baby's lips from chapped?
What is cheilitis in children? Children's cheilitis is inflammation of the lip mucosa caused by many reasons, some of which are mild, and the lips are dry and peeling. Some of them are heavier, their lips are swollen, chapped and eroded, and it is difficult to speak and eat. In the acute phase of the disease, the baby can cry and be uneasy because of burning pain, and does not eat or drink. If the etiology is not removed in time and treated, it can lead to chronic cheilitis, recurrent attacks and long-term difficulty in healing.
Factors inducing cheilitis in children and its countermeasures The cold and windy climate often makes the baby's mouth and the skin and mucosa around it dry, the mouth is chapped, sometimes infected with herpes virus, and several small blisters appear.
Coping methods:
When the weather is cold and windy, you can put a small mask on your child when you go out to reduce the stimulation of cold air on your lips and reduce the evaporation of water on your lips. At the same time, remember to replenish water to your child in time. Adequate drinking water is of great help to the balance of human functions and can effectively prevent chapped lips.
Tips: If your child has scabs in his mouth, don't tear off the dry scabs, so as not to cause more local exudation and form more scabs.
Bad living habits in cold and dry autumn and winter can easily lead to chapped lips. In order to get wet, the baby often licks it with his tongue, which makes his mouth easier to crack. In addition, eating snacks, sucking fingers and other bad habits are also easy to cause cheilitis.
Coping methods:
Be sure to correct the child's bad habit of sucking his fingers and licking his lips. Eating fingers and licking lips will make saliva stimulate lips and surrounding skin for a long time, which is more likely to cause chapped lips; In addition, after each meal or fruit, wash the child's lips and skin around the mouth with warm water in time to avoid the irritation of residual vegetable soup or juice to the lips and skin.
Allergic factors The baby suffers from allergic dermatoses, such as seborrheic dermatitis, eczema and photosensitive dermatitis. In addition to the rash on forehead, cheeks and chin, the skin around the mouth often has small red rashes. If the baby feels uncomfortable around his mouth, he will naturally lick it with small tongue, which will lead to cheilitis.
Coping methods:
Vaseline, olive oil, compound golden flower oil or zedoary turmeric oil can be used externally, and antiallergic and anti-inflammatory drugs can be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
Other factors: Lip mucous gland hyperplasia and expansion can be accompanied by different degrees of lip inflammation. Some diseases such as vitamin B2 deficiency, seborrheic dermatitis, oral mucosal candida infection, discoid lupus erythematosus, lichen planus and severe exudative erythema multiforme can cause cheilitis.
Coping methods:
You can apply some emollients or soothing agents locally, such as peanut oil, 2.5% chlortetracycline glycerin, vitamin cream, etc. If the general drugs are ineffective or the skin lesions are serious, corticosteroid ointment or cream can be used externally for a short period of time with low concentration. Vitamins (such as B and C) can be taken orally all over the body.
Prevention of baby's chapped lips Choose suitable lip care products for babies under 2 years old. You can apply some sesame oil or oil in vitamin C capsules to your lips to keep them moist. But remember not to use glycerin, because glycerin has dehydration effect.
For children over 2 years old, parents can buy him suitable lip balm. It is best to choose food-grade formula, plant raw materials, jojoba oil containing moisturizing ingredients and lip balm extracted from plant beeswax and vitamin E, and use it 2-4 times a day. At the same time, we should buy regular products.
Tips: When you see your baby's chapped lips, parents should never apply their lipstick directly to your baby's lips to avoid trouble, because the pigments and chemical matrix contained in the lipstick used by adults will absorb the moisture in the oral mucosa cells, which will dehydrate the baby's oral mucosa cells and lead to dryness.
Moisturize the baby's lips with diet. In the dry autumn, you can give your baby more eggs, dried fruits, beans, fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C and vitamin B2. Like cucumber, bitter gourd, radish, eggplant, pear, banana, apple and so on. They are all good products for moistening dryness in winter. Baby's lips can be nourished by vitamin C and vitamin B2 to keep them delicate ~
Tip: Oranges are fragrant and warm fruits. Eating too much is easy to get angry, which will make your baby's lips drier. So, eat oranges in moderation.
To ensure adequate drinking water to prevent chapped lips, we must first ensure that children have a balanced diet and drink plenty of water. The hydration degree of the whole skin is closely related to drinking water, and the amount of drinking water varies from person to person. However, it should be noted that drinking saliva from time to time is more effective than drinking a glass of water at one time.
Adequate sleep is related to a person's mental state and immunity. Poor sleep will lead to decreased immunity of lip skin and decreased ability to respond to external stimuli.