Cracks at corners of mouth.....vit deficiency?

Does anyone know or remember what causes cracks at the corner of the mouth? I think it is a vitamin deficiency....but can't think of which one. thanks!

Marilyn in ohio

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Dr. Hess

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)?  How are your doing otherwise? Good to see you.

--gina

Gina gets the prize. it is bit B2- riboflavin. according to Dr google.

lol  I checked Google too and found Gail is right as well. Dr Google is fickle. ;)

--g

that rascal. if he is going to be the expert at least he could be consistent couldn't he,lol.  and my apologies to the rest of the board for posting without introducing myself first. i was thin king i was on the light weight board LOL. intro to follow in another post.

Thanks Gina...and everyone! Now that I think about it, i ran out of my B complex about 6 weeks ago, so definitely need to  get that started again!

Marilyn in ohio

ds i*****

Dr. Hess

Hi Marilyn!  Nice to hear from you.  I had this problem big time.  It  wasn't just the corners of my mouth, but my lips felt like they had been sunburned.  But they had not.  I researched it, bought a bottle of B2, and wham bam - problem solved!  Can't really remember how many days it took to go away but I remember it wasn't too long.  I was so happy.  And the good thing was there wasn't suppose to be any problem with taking too much B2 as I recall.

-Jenny

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Thanks Jenny, Just started b2 today!

Marilyn