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Swollen Lips

Inflammation or accumulation of fluid under the skin of your lips can result in swollen lips. Some of the conditions that can cause swollen lips are food, chemical, or other allergies, angioedema, lip injury, cheilitis glandularis, and Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome.

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I am suffering from an allergic reaction to specific food items, because of which my lips become swollen. Kindly help.

Query: Hello doctor, I am an 18-year-old female. When I was five years old, my lips became swollen and it became really difficult for me to open my mouth. From then till now, I have faced the same problem very frequently. I went to many doctors who considered it angular cheilitis all these years. But of no...  Read Full »


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Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for your query. I think you may have food allergies, including chelitis, this chelitis also due to food allergy. Symptoms of food allergy will show within a few minutes after taking food. It is called food intolerance. There are some risk factors, like fam...  Read Full »

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