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Suggest Treatment For Swelling On Lips
thank you. in the past three months i have experienced swelling of my bottom and top lips. there is also some facial swelling on one side. today was a little frightening because the swelling was very severe in both my lips and face. i hardly recognized myself. i am experiencing no other problems that i am aware of
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Tue, 8 Jul 2014
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You have a type of urticaria called angioedema.Please do not neglect it as it can become severe A basic workup given below
1. Comlete blood count with absolute Eosinophil count
2. ANTITHYROID ANTIBODIES
3. STOOL TEST
4.ANA
You can start on Tab Hydroxyzine ( Atarax 25 mg ) daily at bed time. In morning you can take Tab Fexofenadine 180( Allegra ) mg daily . Treatment may be modified depending on the lab reports
You have a type of urticaria called angioedema.Please do not neglect it as it can become severe A basic workup given below
1. Comlete blood count with absolute Eosinophil count
2. ANTITHYROID ANTIBODIES
3. STOOL TEST
4.ANA
You can start on Tab Hydroxyzine ( Atarax 25 mg ) daily at bed time. In morning you can take Tab Fexofenadine 180( Allegra ) mg daily . Treatment may be modified depending on the lab reports
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