Dry lips in children

Children’s dry lips are mainly related to lip dehydration, lack of vitamins, bad habits or lip inflammation, etc. Different treatment can be applied according to different situations, as follows: 1. Lip dehydration: If the air is dry in autumn and winter, or the child does not drink enough water, the lips will be dry and cracked. If it is only seasonal dry mouth, you can apply special lip balm for children in season; if the urine volume is low and the color is yellow, it can be judged as insufficient water, drink water several times in small amounts on a daily basis to replenish water in time; 2, lack of vitamins: lack of vitamin B2, etc. can lead to inflammation of the mouth, lips and skin, called riboflavin deficiency disease. This kind of dry lips accompanied by mouth ulcers, swelling of the mouth and other symptoms, and children’s picky and partial eating, nutritional deficiencies, such as not eating vegetables, eggs, milk, meat, or consuming high carbohydrates, such as desserts, high-sugar drinks. Oral vitamin B2 can relieve, daily to adjust the diet structure, pay attention to nutrition with, food to avoid cooking too long; 3, bad habits: observe whether the child has the bad habit of licking the lips. After licking the lips, the saliva attached to the lips after evaporation, will take away the moisture already lacking in the lips, so the more you lick the dryer the lips, leading to a vicious circle. A layer of medical petroleum jelly can be applied to the lips to protect the lip cuticle, while also avoiding children licking their lips; 4, lip inflammation: lip inflammation will lead to dry lips in addition to children, usually accompanied by peeling, oozing, crusting and other performance, at this time should promptly go to the hospital, under the guidance of doctors for treatment. Take medication as the main treatment, and at the same time daily hydration, oral appropriate amount of vitamin C, etc., to promote skin healing. It should be noted that if your child’s dry lips cannot be relieved for a long time, or even if the symptoms worsen, you need to go to the pediatric department of the hospital to seek professional medical guidance for treatment.