In the evening, when you went to bed, your face was all right, and in the morning you came to a mirror and saw that the lower or upper lip was swollen and now you do not know what to do? First of all, it is worth considering the reasons for this behavior of your lips. Maybe yesterday they were strongly chilled or ate something wrong, and maybe an untreated tooth makes itself felt. Swollen lips can be evidence of inflammatory processes in the body. In this way, an allergic reaction can also be expressed.
So if the lower or upper lip is swollen, you do not have to worry much and look through hundreds of pages on the Internet, seeking an answer to the question of what to do. It is better to remember whether often in your response to hypothermia appears on the lips of a cold. If so, then, most likely, your lip is swollen due to herpes. Ask, why do we need such a long explanation of the reasons? And how else are you going to fight the problem without knowing the reason for its occurrence?
Allergy
So, if you think that the lips are swollen due to allergies, then you need to take any drug against allergies and sorbent, for example, activated charcoal. And of course, do not eat the product for which you had such a reaction, as well as limit the consumption of too sharp and fatty foods. But the allergy can arise not only because of the abundant use in food, say citrus or sweets. There are many species, an allergen can act like the dust accumulated in the very corner below the bed, as well as the pollen of a plant that has decided to blossom near your home. Therefore, you will have to visit a doctor to determine the cause of the allergy and to prescribe the correct treatment.
Herpes
If the appearance of herpes is not uncommon for you, then for sure already there is a proven tool that always helps in such cases. Although you can go to the pharmacy and ask for ointment against herpes, and do not choose the most expensive. Often these means differ only in the type of performance, for example one in the form of a white ointment that will be noticeable on the lips and the other in the form of a transparent gel. If the lips are very swollen and aching, then immediately you need to go to the doctor, you can diagnose yourself wrong, and delay will cause complications. After all, it can be serious inflammations with pus, which are dangerous because they are close to the brain. Therefore, if the swelling is strong, and even with pain, you need to postpone all the cases and go to the doctor.
What if the lip is swollen in the child?
Children, in addition to all of the above reasons, lips can swell and because of stomatitis. In principle, adults are also not insured from this, but more often it is still a children's problem. With stomatitis, swelling and sores can be found all over the mucous membrane of the mouth, and not just on the lips. If there is no opportunity to consult a doctor at that time, you can rinse your mouth with a disinfectant solution or a decoction of herbs with similar properties, for example, calendula decoction. But it is better to go immediately to a specialist.
Also often in children swollen lips because of allergies. If you have already experienced allergies in your child, then about the drugs that you need to take questions from you should not arise.
And of course, swelling on the lips can occur because of problems with the teeth. So can the teeth and cut (in many, this process is difficult), and perhaps "capricious" untreated tooth. Here, too, do not hesitate, but should immediately go to the dentist, especially if the child has a fever.
Well, the first thing to remember when you find the swelling on the lip is that the children in the majority of their creatures are very mobile, and the child could just hit something and break his lip. If this is so, then you should not worry, the tumor will soon fall off itself, and a sore at the site of the bruise can be smeared with iodine just in case.