Dr. Sanda Moldovan explains that redness and cracking at the corners of your mouth usually comes from yeast overgrowth in the moist environment there, though B-vitamin deficiency can also cause it. She recommends probiotics like Orasana and antifungal lozenges from your dentist, and warns against relying on corticosteroids long-term.
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Hi, everyone. I'm Dr. Sandha. Today I wanted to talk to you about the redness at the corners of your lips. You know, sometimes you wake up in the morning and you have this red cracked corner right here, maybe because you were drooling on your pillow. So what is that exactly? You know, when we have a moist environment, we really have a yeast overgrowth. How do we get rid of that? Well, you can certainly put some corticosteroid, but really that's not the answer, because really that's just a suppressing your immune system. So what we have to do is use some friendly probiotics, typically like an orasana probiotic mint, for example, to help you bring back good balance to your mouth. One thing you could also be using is some lozenges, which are antifungal, and these can be prescribed by your dentist or physician. And that would help get rid of the redness of the corner there. But whenever you have this redness here, and some people have it for months at both sides, it could mean a yeast infection of the mouth, but it could also mean a deficiency in B vitamins. And nowadays we have nice personalized nutrition tests that we can do to make sure that you don't have an imbalance. So don't ignore the signs that you see. They usually mean something. Our mouth is a gateway to our health, and it tells us what's going on inside of us. If you have any questions, you could tweet me. Rsanda. See you soon.
