Perleche Treatment for Angular Stomatitis Patients

This article talks about angular stomatitis, a skin condition that contrary to some people's belief, is unrelated to either core sores or herpes but instead one where deficiencies in Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, iron and other nutrition could have led to people ultimately suffering from it.

Also known as perleche or cheilosis or angular cheilitis (although misspelled as angular chelitis), sufferers exhibit symptoms such as painful splits of the skin and sores at the lips and mouth with bleeding occurring when the mouth is opened.

Among the millions of perleche sufferers, are elderly people who due to loss of teeth thus allowing for mouth over-closure, experience a loss of vertical dimension.

Young children and teenagers form a smaller group who are subject to attacks by a lesser form of angular stomatitis that most noticeably occur during winter time and low temperature.

Irrespective of age, the frequency of attacks is typically several times a year and could last months. Some of these perleche attacks are so bad that sufferers seem to have to suffer on a permanent basis.

While angular stomatitis is not life threatening, most sufferers are desperate to eliminate the condition and understandably so as it is impossible to hide such legions during the attacks.

Having said this, if perleche is not contained, a whitish coating on the tongue is a common symptom that may come about.

If this happens, it is a sign that Candida (or oral thrush) had developed inside the mouth of an angular stomatitis sufferer and Candida is indeed a contagious oral fungal infection.

Unfortunately, many perleche patients have consulted doctors with little success.

In most cases, the typically prescribed 1% hydro cortisone topical cream treatment could do little to alleviate the painful conditions of the angular stomatitis sufferer.

Thankfully, there are recent developments that bring hope to the majority of angular stomatitis sufferers.

For those of who have (non-metal) dentures, you can start by soaking dentures overnight in a solution made up of 10 parts water to 1 part household bleach - this is to ensure that the dentures do not act as repositories of angular stomatitis infection.

There is also a low cost and safe method found online, where by just using household items that are commonly available, it is possible for the sufferer to eliminate angular stomatitis for good. Surprisingly simple and painless, this procedure isolates and controls the Candida bacteria by creating a non-conducive environment that ultimately kills the bacteria.

If you would like to find out more about the symptoms and treatment of perleche, please visit VernKye's blog on Angular Stomatitis Treatment.

VernKye Lim researches and writes on Angular Cheilitis Treatment.