Why do I wake up with swollen lips?

Lips have always been a part that can reflect a person's physical condition, but most people only think that they can tell whether their body is healthy or not by looking at the color of their lips. In fact, if the shape of the lips suddenly changes, it may be a sign or caused by eating something bad, and it will cause great damage to one's own foreign trade. The following is a detailed list of the causes of swollen lips. If you want to know more, you can read it yourself.

The cause of swollen lips

1. Swollen lips in the morning may be caused by chronic cheilitis. The main manifestation of chronic cheilitis is repeated attacks, which are usually more common in the dry seasons of winter and spring. Severe cases may have this problem all year round. The lips are swollen, dark red and dry, and there is no problem of desquamation and cracking. The lips are itchy and dry locally, and in severe cases there will be purulent secretions, which will affect the function of the lips.

2. The swollen lips may be caused by chronic erosive cheilitis. The main symptoms of chronic erosive cheilitis are red lips, repeated erosions, and inflammatory exudates. Yellow scabs will form. If there is a bleeding problem, blood scabs will form. After the scabs fall off, erosive surfaces will form. The pain is very obvious, and patients will also have symptoms of swollen and itchy lips.

2. Daily solutions

1. Rock sugar sweet potato soup can reduce internal heat. Choose sweet sweet potatoes with yellow flesh, cut them into cubes or slices, put them into a pot, add water and simmer them over low heat until they are soft. The ratio of water to sweet potatoes should be 1:1. After the sweet potatoes are soft, add a few pieces of rock sugar, turn off the heat, cover the pot and simmer for a while. When the sugar has dissolved, you can serve it. Eat a bowl of this soup every morning, noon and evening when you are half full. It will usually help to reduce your internal heat in a day or two.

   2. Glauber's salt and watermelon rind can also quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain. Go to a Chinese medicine store and buy 10 grams of Glauber's salt. Buy a watermelon, peel off the pulp and skin of 100 grams of watermelon rind, slice or shred the watermelon rind and put it in a pot, add water in a ratio of 1:1 between the mass of watermelon rind and water, simmer over low heat until the watermelon rind is soft, then turn off the heat, add Glauber's salt and stir evenly, cover the pot, and let it stand to cool naturally.