Waht do you call little cracks in the corner of lips?

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DD has an endless cold and has painful cracks at the corner of her lips. What are they and what can I do about them? Any ideas?

Coldsores? I use aciclovir on mine but I'm not sure if it's suitable for children.

In the back of my mind was a thought about iron levels and I found this.

Body Cue No. 1: Cracks at the corners of your mouth.

The Deficiency: Iron, zinc, and B vitamins like niacin (B3), riboflavin (B2), and B12. "It's common if you're a vegetarian to not get enough iron, zinc, and B12," Blum says. Ditto if you're skimping on essential immunity-building protein due to dieting.

The Fix: Eat more poultry, salmon, tuna, eggs, oysters, clams, sun-dried tomatoes, Swiss chard, tahini, peanuts, and legumes like lentils. Iron absorption is enhanced by vitamin C, which also helps fight infection, so combine these foods with veggies like broccoli, red bell peppers, kale, and cauliflower.

Might be worth trying some vitamin drops.

ooh I get these and I'm vegetarian, thanks for that
I use fucidin on mine, leave it on overnight and they're gone in the morning but it's prescription only and I don't know if it's suitable for children
Doing the same with Vaseline might hep

Angular chelitis maybe? I used to get them, can be very sore. They usually just went away on there own eventually, but can get infected. Good advice above.

Angular Chelitis, I have a vague memory that it is related to a vitamin B deficiency in older people.

Hi we've been back and forth to the gp about this. It's apparently not common for the lack of iron thing, and it can be related to braces (dribble and cold weather, dd) or licking the corners of your mouth. We had fucidin on prescription which worked.

I got this as an adult turned out to be thrush, just go to the doctor

Angular cheilitis is due to candida infection ( thrush).
Vit B deficiency has been linked with cracking in the corner of the mouth but is more likely that lips have become very dry during cold infection and cracked allowing secondary infection with skin bacteria. Start treating them by carefully washing and thoroughly drying then apply a thin layer of barrier cream. If they don't improve see GP for fucidin cream or ointment. ointment is oil based so acts as barrier and treatment in one.

I get these. Was told by a pharmacist they were caused by Vit B deficiency & best thing to use was Bepanthen cream, works a treat for me

DD is vegetarian ... will look at upping tuna and dark green vegetables. Also Bepanthen cream.

OK; I know that she is really pescatarian ... just no-one ever knows what you mean.
And with the risk of it being thrush, I will keep an eye on it. Thanks!

ooh I'll try bepanthen when the fucidin runs out, thank you

I get this sometimes. It can be related to vitamin B deficiency. Whenever I get it I eat loads of marmite. It seems to help. (Fortunately I love marmite)