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How To Treat Cut In The Inner Lip?

I am 57 years old female, I fell and hit my lip. The cut was in the top inner lip, doctor prescribed to only gargle with antispetic, now there is a big swollen lump (knot) in the place of contact. What kind of doctor should I go to and what kind of treatment should I expect?
Mon, 14 Jul 2014
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No need to worry about much, this is just a hematoma formation due to the injury you sustained. You can apply glycerine over your inured lip so that swelling reduces to some extent. Your lip swelling will reduce on its own gradually, give some cold fomentation followed by hot fomention for hematoma to resolve down. Just I want to make sure if the cut was not too deep so as to requiring stitches, so consult a oral surgeon for same..........tc care.
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How To Treat Cut In The Inner Lip?

No need to worry about much, this is just a hematoma formation due to the injury you sustained. You can apply glycerine over your inured lip so that swelling reduces to some extent. Your lip swelling will reduce on its own gradually, give some cold fomentation followed by hot fomention for hematoma to resolve down. Just I want to make sure if the cut was not too deep so as to requiring stitches, so consult a oral surgeon for same..........tc care.