Angular Cheilitis (cracked corners of the mouth)

A very painful condition! Every time you open the mouth to speak, eat, or drink it bites you, but nothing beats the pain when you smile...that is one sure way to turn your smile upside down :(.

SO WHAT CAUSES THESE CRACKS TO THE CORNERS OF YOUR MOUTH.

There are four main causes: -
1) Iron deficiency - Iron deficiency is generally a lack in the diet of foods that enable the haemoglobin to function well. Symptoms are usually very tired, lacking energy and an aching in your muscles even while resting. Red meats and dark green leafy vegetables contain the most iron. Never underestimate those dark green leafies!
2) Candidiasis - Candida Albicans is a 'bug' that lives on all of our skin. Normally it lives in balance with our bodies, yet occassionally our immune system is not coping well and the Candida can run rampant. Where ever we have a cut or nick tothe skin it will enter and cause infection. If you have a scab to the cuts around your mouth Candida Albicans needs to be addressed.
3) Malnutrition - We need lots of minerals and vitamins everyday. If we don't eat enough min/vits daily then our body uses its' stores. If we eat a lot of 'empty' (empty of minerals and vitamins) food then our body quickly becomes depleted as it uses what we have, not only to function, but also to deal with the empty food and remove the toxins that we just ate.
4) Glucagonoma - A rare type of endocrine pancreatic tumour. One of the symptoms can be cracked corners of the mouth with swelling of the lips and a brownish rash around the edges. If you suspect this then see a doctor or health care professional.

SO WHAT TO DO...

1) FLUSH OUT -DRINK WATER...help the body to flush out the accumulated toxins from the 'empty' diet. At least two litres per day.

2) ELIMINATE THE BAD - Lay off the processed foods, grains, sugars and alcohol. Processed foods (virtually everything that comes in a packaged form from plastic, to box, to can or jar) contains not much good of anything. Grains, sugars and alcohol all work the same where our body turns them into simple sugars. Too many simple sugars inflame the bodies systems causing inflammatory responses. Candida Albicans (and other bugs) then get the OK to have a party and multiply rapidly. Eventually their host (your body) is all done in.

3) PUT IN - Eat fruit and vegetables, especially those DARK GREEN LEAFIES. Natural is always best, but sometimes a multi vitamin containing lots of B vits is needed for the immediate. Try the liquid Floradix if your blood type is A (available from supermarkets and health food stores). Or even better is the Neways mineral/vitamin programme (contact me for details) for all blood types.

4)DEAL WITH SYMPTOMS - Keep the cuts in the corner of your mouth dry. Try drinking from a straw or at least use a napkin to dry after eating and drinking. Avoid lip balms/lipsticks until healing has occurred. Apply a dab of baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) and watch it disappear. Baking Soda is an alkaliser and thus when the ph of the affected area is changed  healing occurs. Dis-ease only occurs in an acid environment.

Hope this information helps. I'm interested to hear how your condition improves.