Having Painful Cracks At The Corners Of Mouth. Tried Using Anti Fungal And Hydrocortisone. What Is The Remedy?

Posted on Sun, 10 Nov 2013

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Question : cracks in corners of mouth so painful can t open mouth wide.tried anti fungal and hydrocortisone. Helps a while but comes back.forming scarring.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Basheer Ahamed (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer: Angular Stomatitis. Detailed Answer: Hello, Welcome to XXXXXXX Thanks for your query. Doctors call this condition as Angular Stomatitis. The most common causes are iron deficiency, vitamin deficiency, oral infections like oral thrush (Fungal). So I would advise my patient to undergo some blood test to rule out iron and vitamin deficiencies. Treatment with iron and multi vitamin supplement for more than a month. Oral infection like oral thrush to be treated with anti fungal. Repeated oral thrush may be due to diabetes. Check for blood sugar levels to rule out diabetes. Hope the answer helps you. Let me know if there is any clarification. Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Basheer Ahamed (16 hours later)

just a reply: thank you so much. that confirms my thoughts that my dad needs blood work. He didn 't want to do it ,but now ,when I show him what you said, he might go. thanks again Dr. XXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr. Basheer Ahamed (7 hours later)

Brief Answer: Welcome. Detailed Answer: Hello, You're most welcome. Good luck. Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad