The patient has a big swelling inside the lip, which may be caused by oral herpes, alveolar abscess, salivary gland cyst, etc. The patient can improve the condition through general treatment, medication and surgery.
1. Oral herpes: patients should pay attention to oral hygiene, brush their teeth on time, take light, easy-to-digest fluids or soft food as the main, avoid eating spicy and irritating food. Antiviral drugs, such as acyclovir, ribavirin, etc.; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, etc., can be used as prescribed by the doctor; also can use procaine solution gargle, compound boric acid solution, etc. for local treatment to improve the condition.
2. Alveolar abscess: it can be treated by opening the pulp and drainage after local anesthesia, or incision and drainage of pus. Patients can take antibiotic drugs, such as cefradine, amoxicillin, etc.; painkillers, such as ibuprofen, etc. for drug treatment.
3. Salivary gland cysts: for relatively small salivary gland cysts, can be injected with tincture of iodine and sodium chloride to destroy the epithelial cells and alleviate the symptoms, for the more serious patients can be removed by means of surgery.
It is recommended that patients strictly follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, pay attention to observe the changes in the affected area in life, if the symptoms continue to worsen, should be timely medical treatment.