Dry lips and burn
Many patients suffer from dry lips, which burn additionally. This can have various causes. Mostly it is because a patient generally suffers from dry skin and therefore the sensitive lips are the first to be affected.
The weather, such as a cold winter wind, can also be a reason for dry lips. It is important to treat dry and burning lips as long as possible. First of all, it helps to ensure a sufficient supply of fluids.
Even in winter, a patient should drink about 1-2 liters of fluid, preferably water. Increased coffee consumption can dry out the lips. As a further measure it is important to ensure that the lips are regularly creamed with pure fat (e.g. Vaseline).
It is important not to use lipstick or creams that dry out the lips additionally. If dry, burning lips occur in the long term, the patient should consult a doctor so that he or she can present further treatment options. Dry lips is a symptom that can have many causes.
The most common cause is too little drinking during the day, which dries out the mouth and throat area that is otherwise always kept moist. In some cases, however, a vitamin deficiency is also to blame for lips that are too dry or chapped. This is often a vitamin B2 or iron deficiency, which can be compensated with supplements and a change in the daily diet.
Also a psychologically stressful and long lasting way of life can lead to a constant stress situation and thus to cracked, chapped and dry lips. If cosmetic and lip care products are used for too long, a habituation effect occurs, which makes ever larger quantities of the product necessary. In the other case the lips also react with dehydration.
Infections, especially of Herpes Simplex Virus, also lead to dryness of the lips in addition to the known ulcerations on the outside of the lips. In most cases, patients undergoing chemotherapy also suffer from small inflammations of the lips, which are almost always associated with dry lips. Irradiation in this area can also lead to this.
Climatic conditions are also very often responsible for dehydration. Especially cold outside temperatures lead to drying out or tearing open and tearing at the unprotected lips. For this reason, the lips should be protected with appropriate grease creams (e.g. Vaseline) or, in the high mountains, with lipsticks containing the appropriate light protection factor.
Dry lips are treated according to the triggering cause. In most cases, it is sufficient to increase the amount of water you drink or to stop using care products that have been used for too long. A vitamin deficiency should be compensated as quickly as possible, and correspondingly stressful life situations should be changed if possible. Dry lips are usually a harmless symptom, but sometimes they can also have serious causes.
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