Suggest Treatment For Pain And Swelling On Lips

Posted on Mon, 29 Jun 2015

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Question : I have very painful and swollen lips have had for the past 3days. What could cause this and what could I do to relieve the pain and swelling?

Thank you XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Allergy

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Swollen and painful lips is almost always due to allergy unless it's from trauma. Here is how you should go about it

1. Try and figure out what might have caused the allergy. It could be anything from a new bed sheet, curtains, pets or something you are mostly sea food
2. Tab avil is a wonderful drug, take it twice daily for 5 days
3. tab acetaminophen three times a day for the pain
4. Please approach a gp soon if it gets worse

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar