What causes lip numbness?

Lip numbness should first rule out cheilitis, cheilitis and diet, spicy food, seafood, sensitive drugs will cause cheilitis, mainly for dry lips, peeling, lips numbness, such as indeed cheilitis, can be given local medication treatment. If cheilitis can be ruled out, lips numbness and facial neuritis, cerebrovascular disease should be considered, it is recommended to the hospital to improve physical examination and cerebral vascular CT or MRA examination after a clear diagnosis symptomatic treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that numbness of lips is related to deficiency of qi and blood or qi stagnation and blood stasis, which causes local loss of qi and blood replenishment and shows numbness symptoms, so it should be treated with tonifying qi and blood and promoting qi circulation. Acupuncture can be selected for local external treatment.