What causes cracks in the corners of your mouth?

What causes cracks in the corners of your mouth?

Causes. An abundance of moisture actually contributes to the formation of cracks at the corners of the mouth. Excess saliva collecting at the corners of the mouth– often a result of poorly fitting dentures — can break down the skin and set the stage for the infection that causes angular cheilitis.

What causes blisters in the corner of your mouth?

Eczema is a chronic skin infection that can lead to sores in the corners of the mouth. Eczema can lead to dry chapped lips that can develop sore and blisters. This condition can occur due to immune disorders that cause the inflammation of the skin.

What causes cracking in the mouth?

The condition known as angular cheilitis causes cracks in the corners of the mouth due to nutritional deficiencies in iron, folate or B12, a fungal infection, or because of a bacterial infection that may be related to wearing dentures.

Does Abreva help angular cheilitis?

Abreva is a cold sore treatment that some claim heals angular cheilitis. Unfortunately, cold sores are caused by a virus and angular cheilitis is a bacterial/fungal infection so Abreva will not cure angular cheilitis.

Causes. An abundance of moisture actually contributes to the formation of cracks at the corners of the mouth. Excess saliva collecting at the corners of the mouth– often a result of poorly fitting dentures — can break down the skin and set the stage for the infection that causes angular cheilitis.

Eczema is a chronic skin infection that can lead to sores in the corners of the mouth. Eczema can lead to dry chapped lips that can develop sore and blisters. This condition can occur due to immune disorders that cause the inflammation of the skin.

The condition known as angular cheilitis causes cracks in the corners of the mouth due to nutritional deficiencies in iron, folate or B12, a fungal infection, or because of a bacterial infection that may be related to wearing dentures.

Abreva is a cold sore treatment that some claim heals angular cheilitis. Unfortunately, cold sores are caused by a virus and angular cheilitis is a bacterial/fungal infection so Abreva will not cure angular cheilitis.