INTERRELATION RECURRENCE RATE OF CHEILITIS FROM THE LEVELS OF VITAMIN D

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency is a widespread problem among carriers, people living in acute lack of sunlight in northern latitude regions, this is the result of low serum concentrations of the vitamin. Chronic lip fissure and meteorological cheilitis are the most common forms of cheilitis among residents of the Far North. The role of vitamin D deficiency has not been studied in patients with these diagnoses. The purpose of the study is to measure the level of vitamin D in the blood serum in patients with chronic lip fissure and meteorological cheilitis, as well as to dynamically study the dependence cases of disease recurrence on the concentration vitamin D. The study was conducted in 79 residents of the Murmansk region for 12 months. Diagnostic results have established that low serum vitamin D concentrations support the recurrence of meteorological cheilitis and chronic cleft lip. The use of vitamin D to maintain a normal level of vitamin in the blood serum improves the regenerative ability of the lip skin, maintains the barrier function of the epithelium, and reduces cheilitis recurrence rate. The study found that in the conditions of the Far North one of the mandatory components of the prevention and pathogenetic therapy of meteorological cheilitis and chronic lip fissure should be vitamin therapy with cholecalciferol preparations.