The prevalence of cheilitis in various climatic and geographical zones of the Republic of Dagestan, depending on age groups and gender differences

Abstract

In the Republic of Dagestan, exfoliative cheilitis was most often detected in patients (26.2%), while some types of this pathology, such as allergic, angular, chronic lip fissures, are more common among residents in the plain and mountain climatic zones than in the foothills. When analyzing the detectability of cheilitis in different age groups, it was revealed that most often this pathology affects patients aged 45–59 years, in approximately the same number in different climatic and geographical zones. Cheilitis was least often detected in the age group of 75–90 years, while more in the plain (21.9%) and foothill (19.4%) zones and less of this pathology was detected in patients in the mountainous zone in 11.1%.