{"id":11097,"date":"2026-03-08T22:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11097"},"modified":"2026-03-08T22:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:09:23","slug":"the-surprising-health-warning-you-shouldnt-ignore-if-your-lips-are-constantly-dry-or-cracked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11097","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Health Warning You Shouldn\u2019t Ignore If Your Lips Are Constantly Dry or Cracked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people blame winter for their dry, cracked lips, but experts say persistent chapping could sometimes signal a hidden health issue.<br \/>\nA TikTok creator shared that her lips stayed painfully cracked for months until a dental hygienist suggested it might be angular cheilitis, a condition often caused by yeast or bacteria at the corners of the mouth. After trying antifungal treatment, her symptoms quickly improved.<\/p>\n<p>Health experts say angular cheilitis can cause cracks, redness, pain, or crusting at the corners of the lips, and may be linked to infections, vitamin deficiencies, or excess moisture.<\/p>\n<p>Most chapped lips are harmless, but if dryness doesn\u2019t heal, becomes painful, or causes cracks, doctors recommend getting it checked to rule out an underlying issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Many people blame winter for their dry, cracked lips, but experts say persistent chapping could sometimes signal a hidden health issue. A TikTok creator shared <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=11097\" title=\"The Surprising Health Warning You Shouldn\u2019t Ignore If Your Lips Are Constantly Dry or Cracked\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11099,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11097\/revisions\/11099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}