How Can Swelling In The Upper Lip After Consuming Loquat Fruit Be Treated?

Posted on Fri, 12 May 2023

Question: Upper lip swollen. no physical trauma nor infection known of.
(female, 75 yrs). No pain except when drinking hot fluids. Only suspicion I have is that I ate several loquat fruits from my tree 2 days ago.
I am using ice pack to reduce the swelling. No obvious result since I have just started 10 min ago.
Swelling is obvious, maybe half again the size of my normal lip.
I appreciate your take on how to treat this problem, hopefully to be able to go out in public for Easter.
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Answered by Dr. salah saad shoman (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Lip irritation.

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

You seem to be suffering from lip irritation from the loquat fruit you ate. Please take an antihistaminic as Cetirizine and apply a corticosteroid ointment to help resolve the irritation.

I hope I answered your question.

Regards,
Dr. Salah Saad Shoman, Internal Medicine Specialist

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