Do You Have Bumps in the Corner of the Mouth? Can You Say Angular Chelitis?
Bumps, or crusty skin in the corner of the mouth is often a sign you may have chelitis. Angular Cheleitis or Perleche is an infection of the mouth area and particularly affects the sensitive skin at the corners of the lips. The ulcers, or legions look like paper cuts and split painfully when the sufferer opens their mouth to eat, or drinks acidic beverages like orange juice. Often a fungal infection of the mouth accompanies the bumps or crusty skin at the corners of the lips. Canidia (thrush) infects the mouth cavity, causing swelling of the tongue. The tongue becomes coated with a whitish hue. The legions themselves at the corner of the mouth are a characteristic whitish hue also. Underneath the skin is split and raw.and reddened. If you have the characteristic dry flaky skin at the corners of the mouth where the skin splits commonly and sometimes bleeding occurs, it may be Angular Chelitis. Angular Chelitis is not contagious, however the accompanying yeast infection or oral thrush ca
