The prolonged, unprotected exposure of lips to the sun can cause wrinkles, premature aging or actinic cheilitis. This has led to an increase in demand for lip softening tools.
These balms remain largely inadequate for repairing damage caused by these multiple risk factors, paving the way for more serious skin conditions including actinic keratosis, cheilitis, and various types of cancers.
(6) On physical examination, look for signs of protein-calorie malnutrition, including cheilitis, glossitis, and bleeding gums; signs of alcohol abuse, such as hepatomegaly; and evidence of injuries or poor self-care.
Ascher's or Laffer-Ascher syndrome was first described in 1920 by Ascher.1 The disease can be inherited but majority are idiopathic in nature.2 It characteristically presents as a triad of double upper lip, blepharochalasis, and a nontoxic thyroid enlargement is present in this disorder.3 Many conditions can simulate this disorder including hereditary angioedema, early dermatochalasis, acquired cutis laxa and variants of granulomatous cheilitis.4 There are no published case reports of Ascher's syndrome from Nepal till date.
* Acute pseudomembranous glossitis was the commonest morphological type of the lesion encountered in this study (35%) followed by chronic erythematous candidiasis (22%), Angular cheilitis (21%), acute erythematous glossitis (19%), balanoposthitis (2%) and median rhomboid glossitis (1%).
The clinical features of contact allergy of the oral region range from dryness, pain and burning of oral mucosa to cheilitis and non-specific stomatitis.30
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