What Are the Causes of an Allergic Reaction on the Lips?

Allergic cheilitis means that people with allergies have peeling, itching, and swelling in the lips and lips under the influence of various factors such as climate, light, contact with lipstick, irritating substances, and drugs, which severely cause blisters, rottenness, Allergic reactions such as exudate and scab, which have recurrent attacks, persistence, and gradually shorten the onset period.

Allergic cheilitis

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Allergic cheilitis means that people with allergies have peeling, itching, and swelling in the lips and lips under the influence of various factors such as climate, light, contact with lipstick, irritating substances, and drugs, which severely cause blisters, rottenness, Allergic reactions such as exudate and scab, which have recurrent attacks, persistence, and gradually shorten the onset period.

Western Medicine Name

Allergic cheilitis

English name

allergic cheilitis

Disease site

Lips

The main symptoms

Peeling, itching, redness

Contagious

Non-contagious

Allergic cheilitis is the most common cheilitis disease. There are many types of cheilitis clinically, such as contact cheilitis, light cheilitis, exfoliative cheilitis, glandular cheilitis, granulomatous cheilitis, and plasma cell lips. Inflammation, etc., but only the first two have a clear cause. We classify both of them as allergic cheilitis. Because whether it is contact cheilitis or light cheilitis, it is because the allergic constitution allergic reaction to the lips and lips when it comes into contact with the allergen.

Contact cheilitis is an inflammatory phenomenon caused by the skin on or around the lips and lips in contact with certain irritants. Its etiology and pathogenesis are the same as contact dermatitis, and it is an allergic disease. For example, cosmetics such as lipstick, irritating foods, and toothpaste can cause contact cheilitis.

Photolinear cheilitis is more common in farmers, fishermen and outdoor workers in tropical regions, and is related to long-term sunlight exposure, and the severity of the symptoms is related to the length of sunlight exposure. Symptoms are obvious in summer, and the condition is aggravated when the sun is exposed for a long time, and the symptoms are reduced when the sun is reduced. The onset is similar to polymorphous solar rash. In fact, the above two diseases are similar in mechanism. They are allergic inflammation of the lips. One is allergic to contact, the other is allergic to light, but the symptoms are different. The contact area of contact cheilitis is generally consistent with the contact area. It develops within hours or days after contact with the irritant. Swelling of the lip mucosa, blisters, and even erosion and crusting may occur. Generally, the irritant gradually decreases to recovery after irritation. Photolinear cheilitis can also cause swelling and even erosion of the lips in the acute stage, but blisters rarely occur, and congestion or bleeding is more obvious. The erosive surface is covered with yellow-brown blood pupa, which is easy to be infected with suppuration and form ulcers. In severe cases, burning and tingling in the lips can affect eating and speaking.

In the case of allergic cheilitis, in addition to the biggest factor of allergic constitution, various mechanical stimuli, infection factors, nutritional deficiencies, including genetic factors, mood swings, etc. may directly affect the degree of allergic cheilitis. Therefore, we According to the common causes and symptoms of allergic cheilitis, the following are the most common types:

Simple cheilitis: often in a dry climate, under the blow of cold wind, causing the hydration of the lips' mucous membrane to become poor, and easy to peel, peel, and crack.

Desquamative cheilitis: Patients with atopic dermatitis or seborrheic dermatitis may be related to sun exposure or exposure to irritating substances, which are more common in the lower lips. The main symptoms are peeling and severe scaling. .

Eczema cheilitis: The most common example is lipstick- based cheilitis caused by rubbing lipstick, which is caused by allergies to pigments or dyes in lipstick, or lanolin or drugs in lip balms. These patients usually have upper and lower lips There are symptoms. The other type is solar cheilitis, which is a long-term activity or worker under the hot sun. Under the chronic stimulation of ultraviolet rays, the lower lips become paler, the epidermis shrinks, cracks, and may even develop malignant Lesions.

From the above classification, from the symptoms alone, the symptoms of eczema cheilitis are the most serious. However, when we investigate its roots and find that no matter how severe the symptoms of cheilitis are, the most important thing to cure allergic cheilitis is to improve the patient's allergic constitution. If the constitution is improved, it can be like a normal human constitution. Even when faced with external stimuli such as climate change, sun exposure, lipstick, etc., there will be no symptoms of cheilitis!

In the process of treating allergic cheilitis, it is necessary to take active preventive measures. Western medicine ointments, especially hormone-containing ointments, are useless and will only make the skin become dependent on it. I get sick periodically. We can prevent it by adjusting diet and daily habits:

(1) Get rid of bad habits such as licking lips and biting lips, and try to smoke less and drink as much as possible;

(2) Eat more fresh vegetables, such as soybean sprouts, rapeseed, cabbage, white radish, etc. to increase the intake of B vitamins;

(3) Avoid the sun as much as possible, and replenish sufficient amount of water in time. Adequate drinking water is very helpful for the balance of human body functions, and can effectively prevent chapped lips.

(4) Lip balm should be used for both men and women. Try to choose a colorless lipstick with few irritants. People with allergies can also use a cotton swab to apply sesame oil or honey to their lips, which can also have a good moisturizing effect.

(5) Experts suggest that humidifiers can be used to increase air humidity. Placing a humidifier indoors can make the indoor environment suitable, especially during the day, which can greatly reduce the absorption of human moisture by dry air and reduce the occurrence of cheilitis.

1. Wash and squeeze the juice with two fresh tomatoes that are not too raw, spit it out in your mouth for two minutes, repeat three times and rinse your mouth with water, once a day in the morning and evening, about three days before the cheilitis disappears.

2. Cook half a dozen eggs with boiling water, remove the shells and remove the egg whites. Place 6 egg yolks in a dry pan, fry them with a slow fire, and then scorch the yolks to a scorching black oil. Store the oil in a small bottle. Afterwards, apply it to the affected area after cold, and apply it three times a day.

3. Buy two yuan licorice from a Chinese medicine store, add two bowls of water to fry the licorice with medium heat, remove the residue, fry the juice to a paste, raise it in a small bottle and apply to the affected area. Apply twice a day for several days.