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What Causes Painful Swelling In The Lips?

My lips are a little swollen but its the inside of my mouth, like behind lips that are hurting... itchy,tingling, sore. Also my toungue a little bit. This has gone on for about 2 days. At first I thought I had sun poisoning on my lips, but that wouldn't bother the inside of my mouth. I started researching and found out about angioedema. It sounds like that may be what I have but not sure.The only thing I can think of is I used a new mouth wash. Would that trigger this? Ive never had any problems before. Should I be worried?
posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017
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Hi..
Thanks for the query..

Yes it looks like Allergic Angioedema of lips..
It can be due to any foods or medicines..
As it is on the inside of lips so can be probably due to burning with hot foods, or chemicals like concentrated mouthwash solution..
So for now start gargling with specialised mouthwash like Magic mouthwash..
You can also gargle with a combination of Benadryl and milk of magnesia..
Do cool compresses or suck ice pops..
Avoid hot and spicy foods..

Hope this helps..

Regards..
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What Causes Painful Swelling In The Lips?

Hi.. Thanks for the query.. Yes it looks like Allergic Angioedema of lips.. It can be due to any foods or medicines.. As it is on the inside of lips so can be probably due to burning with hot foods, or chemicals like concentrated mouthwash solution.. So for now start gargling with specialised mouthwash like Magic mouthwash.. You can also gargle with a combination of Benadryl and milk of magnesia.. Do cool compresses or suck ice pops.. Avoid hot and spicy foods.. Hope this helps.. Regards..