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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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What Causes Swelling In Face,ears,hands And Neck?

Dr. Rynne,My daughter who is 16 years old had woken up yesterday with slight swollen face, ears, hands, neck. She went to school and have low grade fever, ended up coming home after school and didn t go to her after school activity. She said her skin on her face feels like rubber. Her face continues to swell and we gave her 1 Ibuprofen last night as we thought it might be allergy of some sort. This morning, her face is more swollen and she did have a low grade fever. We kept her home and waiting to get in with the Dr. on our appointment this afternoon. I just wonder what could this be?
Mon, 4 Jan 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concern..

As per your complain sudden swelling of face,ears, hands and neck seems to be most probably due to allergic reaction and giving Ibuprofen cannot completely relieve the symptoms and she requires a combination of anti allergics and steroids..

I would suggest you to consult an Allergist and get her evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation can help in diagnosis and he can also advise allergic tests like Patch test, RAST test and Food Challenge Test to rule out the exact cause of allergic reaction..

In case of allergic reaction he can advise her anti allergics like Benadryl or Allegra..
He can also give injections of steroid and anti allergic for faster resolution of swelling..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..
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What Causes Swelling In Face,ears,hands And Neck?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concern.. As per your complain sudden swelling of face,ears, hands and neck seems to be most probably due to allergic reaction and giving Ibuprofen cannot completely relieve the symptoms and she requires a combination of anti allergics and steroids.. I would suggest you to consult an Allergist and get her evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation can help in diagnosis and he can also advise allergic tests like Patch test, RAST test and Food Challenge Test to rule out the exact cause of allergic reaction.. In case of allergic reaction he can advise her anti allergics like Benadryl or Allegra.. He can also give injections of steroid and anti allergic for faster resolution of swelling.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..