CAUSES OF SWOLLEN LIPS

Billy · Site Admin Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 303

You can use this thread to discuss topics related to sudden swelling of the lips, possible causes and symptoms. This thread is a sequent of the Swollen Lips thread.

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I am not on any medications and chapped lips are rare for me. But during the last couple of days I started to feel a bit of soreness under my tounge and then the next day I felt tingling on the corners of my mouth, and then this morning I woke up with a swollen and painful bottom lip and also my gums were painful when I brushed my teeth. This is the first time I have had this happen, and I have not eaten or done anything out of the ordinary. I am going to get some good mouthwash and hope it goes away soon. This sucks!

If anyone can help us please post here! Sad

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Try this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatographic_urticaria

Hives caused by scratching, heat, or even pressure.

rocky_mtn · Newbie Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

I discovered the cause of waking up in the morning with a swollen lip and/or tongue. I am allergic to a Redken hair product called "Disrupt" -- when I sleep at night, a small amount of the hair product residue is left on the pillow which gets rubbed on my face/lips/tongue during the night. If you're waking up with swollen lips, suspect your hair product(s) and/or cosmetics. To test, dab a small amount on your lips, then wipe it off. If it swells, you know you're allergic to that product.

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I found out that my horrible lip and eye swelling is caused by the foreign antibodies in my system that also cause my Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (treated with Levothyroxin). The swelling is called angioedema. The antibodies also cause horrible hives and foot/hand swelling which are controlled by Benadryl, Zyrtec and Zantac. My symptoms are like so many of yours - I highly recommend getting your TSH and T3, T4 levels checked. Singulair has finally controlled the angioedema! Good luck - I hope my info helps!

I need lip-O suction · Newbie Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I have had lip problems for the past 2 weeks now. It started with major itching in the corners of my mouth with small bumps and this morning I woke up with a major swollen top lip but only on right hand side. My lips also burn and itch.
I noticed last night when I was eating a salad with dressing made of olive oil and balsamic vinegar that my lips started tingling and by morning I had the swelling.
I think my prob is the combination of the balsamic vinegar (which I hear has sulfites) which I know I'm allergic to b/c I'm allergic to sulfa drugs and a recurrent yeast type infection in the corners of my mouth. Not to be gross, but I'm a woman so I've unfortunately experienced pelvic yeast infections and this feels the same but only it's affecting the corners of my mouth. Uggh!
Anyway from all the great posts on here I've decided to try oregano oil which was recommended on here under my tongue and on my lips to see if that helps and I'm going to stay away from the balsamic vinegar..oh and I forgot to mention Mangos. I've been eating a lot of them lately and somebody posted that they've had a reaction to them as well. So I'm going to add that to my list too. I'll post again with my results. Godspeed, my swollen lip friends... Surprised

july · Newbie Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

My both lips swelled last night right after I used oral rinse Peridex prescripted by my dentist. I have been using it for about two weeks and nothing wrong before. I never have other allegic problems.
This forum is terrific. After going through the posts, I think my lip swelling was due to allergy caused by some ingredient in the oral rinse. Be careful in selecting oral rinse or mouth wash!

hev · Newbie Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 1

About one month ago I had a "dry spot" just above my upper lip. My lips seemed very dry - almost burned. My lips were swollen upon waking the next morning. Then the dry spot seemed to move down under my bottom lip as well. I felt like a kid who keeps licking their lips and has that red/dry rash all around my lips then. I stopped wearing lipstick and using my normal lipbalm and changed to plain old vaseline. I noticed what seemed to be little bumps ON my lips - upper and lower that came then and now they come and go at will, sometimes in a matter of hours.

It has evolved now so that my entire lips are swollen almost constantly. The bumps may or may not show up. Three nights ago I couldn't sleep because it felt like my lips were "wet" - I finally figured out they were oozing. The next day I had two spots, one on the upper lip and one on the lower, that almost resembled a cold sore (which I have never had). I purchased Abreva, in the offchance it was a cold sore. But by the next morning, the crust had fallen off both spots and my lips and one would never know I had anything there; however, they have continued to ooze constantly and, especially at night, they crust. The crust comes off very easily. They feel extremely chapped though.

I have been using Eucerin on my lips, then a layer of vaseline. It helps them not to feel tight (as they are almost always constantly swollen now) although I wind up coating them several times an hour while awake. Sometimes they almost look/appear as though they have shed and have new skin. By the way, my lips are now a deep, rich color when before they were a very pale color. ??? Go figure. By the way, Blistex seemed to make the symptoms worse.

This morning my husband told me when I woke up that my eyes were swollen as well. I can't think of anything new I've used lately. I am on an ACE inhibitor, which I stoppped taking for a week to see if symptoms went away - they didn't, so I didn't think it was that.

While waiting for an appointment with a specialist, I am hoping that there might be a doctor who reads these posts who can give some idea what it might be. It sounds as though many have seen specialists who have no idea either, though. Any ideas? I don't feel it's life threatening but it certainly can be life inhibiting...

kellor1219 · Newbie Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

I have been reading almost 10 pages of posts for the last hour with much interest. I had no idea that this was as common as it appears to be. About 2 weeks ago, after eating dinner, I felt a tingling sensatation on my upper lip. Within minutes it began swelling, but only the upper lip in the middle. I took a benadryl and it seemed to help, although there was still some swelling and a tightness the next day. Then followed by some dryness and peeling. Someone at work mentioned her husband has the same thing happen when he eats strawberries. Well, I'm 31 and have always eaten strawberries so I was skeptical, however I did have strawberries with dinner. I kind of forgot about the incident, then last night started to feel the same sensation occur after dinner. Again, only the upper lip middle section. And, guess what? I had strawberries with dinner again! So, I'm pretty certain that my reaction is food allergy (strawberry) related, and I would bet that many of the cases are food allergy related as well. I honestly don't think I would have suspected strawberries if my co-worker hadn't mentioned it.

Now, I also suffer occasionally from another lip issue that some people seemed to describe perfectly and I cannot seem to find the link for this reaction. Out of the blue my lips become very tight and dry. A outline of small red bumps like lip liner appears. Then the peeling and flaking begins. My lips become a deep red (raw) color and this whole thing can last up to a month. It's relatively painless, but it drives me mad! No amount of moisterizer seems to help.

CG725 · Newbie Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

I'm not registered but I'm posting anyway.

Lately I have this spot on my bottom lip on the right hand side. It started off being really dry and chapped and then since I've used blistex on it isn't as dry but when i stop it feels really tight. It started being dry again so I got Neosporin Lip Treatment. It works but still my lip feels tight.

I notice that sometimes when I eat something hot my lip feels even tighter in that spot. It's not a cold sore. It doesn't tingle, it doesn't burn and it isn't blistering up or any of the other typical cold sore symptoms.

What the heck is the deal? Thanks

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