Getting sick is something that an unhealthy person would have gotten used to already. However, a healthy person who is not used to certain abnormalities in his body would become confused and get distressed when his body develops certain illnesses. This is why even if you are not a doctor or a medical student you have to know the symptoms to certain disorders and afflictions. Thus, you also have to know the symptoms of angular stomatitis or angular cheilitis which would surely be evident with split corner of mouth.
1. Lesions or wound-like marks on the mouth, lips, and corners of the mouth. Bacteria that cause this infection likely live in the folds on the corners of thee mouth. Thus, this is where the first few lesions would be found. Moreover, these parts also break easily every time the mouth is opened. In some cases, the corner of the mouth would even experience worse when it seems to weep or get crusted. Fluid would flow out of the split corners of mouth.
2. Soreness is always felt even if you will not have lesions or wounds on your mouth or lips. This is also one of the earliest warning signs of the invasion of the infection-causing bacteria and fungi. This feeling would even get worse when you actually have split corner of mouth.
3. Dry lips would be a common sight in a person with Angular Stomatitis in addition to the split corner of mouth symptom that would harvest mocking stares from some people with malicious minds, thinking that the sufferer may have AIDS or syphilis. When you have this symptom, you have to keep your tongue to its own corner instead of touring all over the lips.
Licking your lips will only make things more painful for you.
4. Blisters or rashes would add to the assumption of other people that you really have AIDS or cold sore as this will strengthen the signs started by the split corners of mouth that you already have