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Suggest Remedy For A Swollen Lip

i tryed to pop a pimple under my skin, *thinking its a boil now* but once i tryed to pop it my lip jaw swolled up. its been 3 days. half my lip is swolen. my skin is very red swolen and it super hard. half of my chin is hard and its moving up my jaw bone. the gland under my jew bone is swolen and tnder....help i am scared what to do
Fri, 22 Jul 2016
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Hello,

I can understand your concern. It seems that you have developed an infection either in the salivary gland, lip or in the tooth. The infection have caused abscess formation and it is spreading to other areas known as space infection.

I would advise you to visit dentist or oral and maxillofacial surgeon for the examination of the swelling and finding the source of infection. You might have to go for drainage of the abscess and antibiotic course to eliminate the infection. In addition, source of infection might need to be treated.

If you are in pain right now, you can take Ibuprofen 400 mg or Ketorolac 10 mg up to three times a day.

I hope this information helps you. Thank you for choosing HealthcareMagic. I wish you recover soon.

Best,
Dr. Viraj Shah

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Suggest Remedy For A Swollen Lip

Hello, I can understand your concern. It seems that you have developed an infection either in the salivary gland, lip or in the tooth. The infection have caused abscess formation and it is spreading to other areas known as space infection. I would advise you to visit dentist or oral and maxillofacial surgeon for the examination of the swelling and finding the source of infection. You might have to go for drainage of the abscess and antibiotic course to eliminate the infection. In addition, source of infection might need to be treated. If you are in pain right now, you can take Ibuprofen 400 mg or Ketorolac 10 mg up to three times a day. I hope this information helps you. Thank you for choosing HealthcareMagic. I wish you recover soon. Best, Dr. Viraj Shah