Introduction
The corners of the mouth are located on the outside of the mouth and are exposed to great stress, especially in hot or particularly cold temperatures, which can then cause the corners of the mouth to crack or crack. Inflamed corners of the mouth can also be painful and sometimes prevent the patient from speaking. The cause of cracked or cracked corners of the mouth is often too dry a mouth due to a lack of fluid.
Especially in summer or when the temperature is particularly cold, a lot of fluid is withdrawn from the body. The mouth is particularly sensitive to fluid shortages – the lips become dry and cracked corners appear. However, these cracked corners of the mouth can also be inflamed.
In many cases, an inflammation leads to cracked corners of the mouth. There are various causes for this. One cause of an inflamed, cracked corner of the mouth is an infection with the Herpes Simplex virus.
This can also cause herpes blisters around the lips. An infection with a Herpes Simplex virus is very common, as over 95% of all patients are carriers of the virus. Other causes of cracked corners of the mouth can be deficiencies.
For example, an iron deficiency or a vitamin deficiency can cause the corners of the mouth to crack and then become inflamed because, for example, bacteria in the cracked corners of the mouth begin to multiply. The skin disease neurodermatitis can also be the cause of cracked, inflamed corners of the mouth. Since the blood circulation of sugar patients (patients with diabetes mellitus) is generally worse, these patients suffer from cracked or inflamed corners of the mouth.
In some patients, inflamed or cracked corners of the mouth are often responsible for the corners of the mouth dropping down, which often gives the patients a permanently sad expression. Mostly, however, this is due to the loss of skin elasticity that occurs with age and then pulls the corners of the mouth down. A possible therapy here is to lift the corners of the mouth.
