Exfoliative Cheiliti Treated with Chinese Medicine: A Case Report

Weilu Cui; Zining  Li; Fan Xu; Jiayi Zhong; Haixia  Li

Authors

Weilu Cui Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Zining Li Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Fan Xu Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
Jiayi Zhong Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
Haixia Li Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Keywords:

Exfoliative Cheiliti, Case report, Chinese Medicine, Psychosocial support, Physically and mentally

Abstract

It is reported that a patient with exfoliative Cheiliti was successfully treated with Chinese medicine when routine western medicine was ineffective. Clinical features and results: A 24-year-old young female patient with recurrent lip infections, whose lip infections reappeared and worsened one month ago, with swelling, flaking and scabbing of both lips, which could not be relieved by conventional Western medicine. Due to the painful itchiness and facial damaging character of exfoliative Cheiliti, the patient was affected both physically and mentally, she was depressed and socially limited, so she sought Chinese medicine treatment. After three weeks of treatment with a self-formulated formula, her symptoms improved significantly, and no recurrence was seen on follow-up. In this case, we found that TCM has advantages in the treatment of exfoliative Cheiliti, and there are few case reports of TCM compound treatment of exfoliative Cheiliti. We hope that this report will provide some experience in the clinical treatment of this disease and also lay the foundation for the study of its mechanism.

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