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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the symptom: Cracked mouth corner. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not be performed depending on the suspected condition) Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an accurate diagnosis.
It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any specialist you see.
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Why: to determine if acute or chronic.
Why: can get cracked mouth corners in normal infants but they are more predisposed if the infant is a thumb sucker or bottle fed.
Why: elderly people are more at risk of cracked mouth corners because the angular fold becomes deeper with age and in toothless people if dentures are not worn. Saliva can accumulate in this fold, producing cracks.
Why: increases the risk of oral candidiasis.
Why: e.g. HIV, general debilitation and diabetes mellitus can predispose to oral candidiasis which may cause cracks at the mouth corners; iron deficiency may be due to heavy periods, peptic ulcer, hemorrhoids, bowel cancer, celiac disease or pregnancy; atopic or seborrheic dermatitis can cause cracks at the mouth corners.
Why: nutritional deficiency states can cause burning mouth, sore tongue, cracked lips and cracked mouth corners e.g. zinc, Vitamin C, folate, iron, riboflavin (Vitamin B2), B6 and B12 deficiency.
Why: e.g. cancer chemotherapy drugs can cause cracks at the mouth corner.
Why: E.g. may be asymptomatic but may have burning sensation or dryness in mouth, reduced taste sensation, white spots on tongue, pain with swallowing.
Why: E.g. fissuring at the corners of the mouth, red inflamed tongue, seborrheic dermatitis on face, scrotum or vagina.
Why: e.g. weakness, muscle pain, swollen spongy gums, bleeding gums, spontaneous bruising and loosening of teeth.
Why: E.g. tiredness, pale skin and conjunctiva, red painful tongue, brittle nails.
The following list of conditions have 'Cracked mouth corner' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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