Prevalence and clinical manifestations of cheilitis in children suffering from atopic dermatitis.

The authors present the results of studying clinical manifestations of cheilitis in 143 children suffering from atopic dermatitis. The
severe stage of cheilitis was observed in 42.7% of children, the medium to severe stage - in 35.7%, the mild stage - in 21.6%.
The authors revealed more frequent development of episodes of bronchial obstruction (55.3%) and recurrent respiratory diseases
(69.2%) in such children. They also revealed defects of barrier, anticolonial and microbicide functions of the secretory immunity
of the patients oral cavity. The administration of Imudon in the complex therapy produced a good therapeutic effect in 77.4% of
children and reduced the frequency of development of acute respiratory diseases.

atopic dermatitis, cheilitis, immunograms, oral cavity secretion