Waking up with a swollen mouth should be treated according to the cause, the common causes are infection, allergy, mosquito bites, etc., you can take local medication, systemic medication and other measures.
1. Infection: Bacterial and viral infections that cause local inflammatory reactions may lead to swelling of the mouth when you wake up.
(1) Local medication: bacterial infection can be used topically with antibiotic ointment such as erythromycin ointment and fusidic acid cream; herpes caused by viral infection can be used topically with acyclovir ointment and penciclovir cream.
(2) Systemic medication: bacterial infection can take amoxicillin, cefadroxil and other antibiotics; viral infection, you can take acyclovir, ganciclovir and other drugs orally.
2. Allergy, mosquito bites: localized allergic dermatitis, eczema, urticaria, and insect bite dermatitis caused by mosquito bites, can also lead to waking up with a swollen mouth.
(1) local medication: can be used externally compound dexamethasone ointment, tretinoin cream and other glucocorticoid drugs, with anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect.
(2) systemic medication: swelling and itching is serious, you can take loratadine, chlorpheniramine, cetirizine and other antihistamines to treat.
Woke up with a swollen mouth, there may be other reasons, need to go to the hospital for examination, to clarify the cause of the disease, follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment. The medication needs to follow the doctor’s advice.