Definition of Cheilitis. Meaning of Cheilitis. Synonyms of Cheilitis

- tests may identify allergens that cause cheilitis. Chapped lips (also known as cheilitis simplex or common cheilitis) is characterized by the cracking, fissuring...
- can last for days to years. Angular cheilitis is a type of cheilitis (inflammation of the lips). Angular cheilitis can be caused by infection, irritation...
- Actinic cheilitis is cheilitis (lip inflammation) caused by long term sunlight exposure. Essentially it is a burn, and a variant of actinic keratosis which...
- subtype of irritant contact cheilitis is caused by an exogenous factor rather than an endogenous one. Irritant contact cheilitis can be separated into different...
- treat plasma cell cheilitis. Plasma cell gingivitis is rare, and plasma cell cheilitis is very rare. Most people with plasma cell cheilitis have been elderly...
- enlargement can cause midline fissuring of the lip ("median cheilitis") or angular cheilitis (sores at the corner of the mouth). The swelling is non-pitting...
- factors must be addressed, in addition to treating the candidiasis. Angular cheilitis is inflammation at the corners (angles) of the mouth, very commonly involving...
- corners (angles) of the lips is termed angular stomatitis or angular cheilitis. In children a frequent cause is repeated lip-licking, and in adults it...
- facial paralysis, swelling of the face and lips (usually the upper lip: cheilitis granulomatosis) and the development of folds and furrows in the tongue...
- such as in actinic cheilitis. Perioral dermatitis is a rash typically around the mouth, that spares the vermilion border. Cheilitis glandularis may present...