How to effectively reduce swelling of the lips should also be decided according to the cause of the disease, the common causes are trauma, allergies, infections, etc., you can reduce swelling through physical therapy, local medication, oral medication and other measures.
1. Trauma: lips are subjected to external pressure, bumps, falls and other causes, may cause soft tissue congestion and edema, resulting in swelling.
You can apply cold compresses within 48 hours after the injury, and hot compresses and other physical therapy methods after 48 hours to reduce swelling.
2. Allergy: contact dermatitis, eczema, urticaria, drug rash and other allergic diseases, can also lead to lip swelling.
Glucocorticoid drugs such as hydrocortisone ointment and compound dexamethasone ointment can be used externally; if the symptoms are serious, antihistamine drugs such as loratadine and chlorpheniramine can be taken orally.
3. Infection: Bacterial, viral and other pathogenic bacteria infection, resulting in inflammatory reaction of the lips, can also lead to lip swelling.
Bacterial infections can be used externally with mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid cream; viral infections can be used with acyclovir ointment, penciclovir ointment, etc.; systemic medication, bacterial infections can be taken for severe cases of cephalosporin, amoxicillin and other antibiotics; viral infections can be used orally or intravenously with antiviral medications, such as acyclovir, ganciclovir and so on.
It is recommended to go to the hospital for examination first, and the drugs need to be used under the guidance of the doctor.