Hey guys. I hope everyone is well. I currently am dealing with something I don't even know what.
Over Christmas break my son and I got strep throat. I was healing fine from that but within that healing time, I think I had something that started to give me an allergic reaction. My lips swelled a little, which happens sometimes if I eat or have an allergen. So I used peppermint chap stick to soothe it, only to have them inflame more.
I stopped taking that, but then in a morning I woke up with my lip fully swollen on one side (the whole thing was puffy too though). After talking with a close friend, she suggested it was a cold sore.
So I went out and got some lysine and cold sore cream to put on it. I applied that a bunch. Over night I put some on and a couple hours later, my lips were huge and I was thinking maybe it was the cream that was too strong as well.
So I stopped taking that thinking the swelling will eventually go down with the cold sore.
Fast forward about a week, it wasn't changing so i went to an urgent care because I've begun to panic. She suggested the swelling would go away with the end of the cold sore, which seemed to be a few days away. She recommended taking benadryl, which I've been taking since. But last night, I took one around 3:30 and woke up at 6-7 with my lips fully swollen again. And now I am just in all freak out.
The only thing I can think of is that my lips are just freaked out? And can't stop the histamines? The urgent care doctor said if it didn't help in 3 days to go back and she would give a low dose steroid.
But I'm still thinking, is that just going to help the symptoms? I have no clue what's going on and every morning it's scaring me that this is continuing so long for no fully apparent reason. It's been several weeks of dealing with this.
I could really use any loving energy or wisdom... Any insights anyone may have if they feel into this situation. And thank you guys so much for what you sent before and for the time it took to read this.
Over Christmas break my son and I got strep throat. I was healing fine from that but within that healing time, I think I had something that started to give me an allergic reaction. My lips swelled a little, which happens sometimes if I eat or have an allergen. So I used peppermint chap stick to soothe it, only to have them inflame more.
I stopped taking that, but then in a morning I woke up with my lip fully swollen on one side (the whole thing was puffy too though). After talking with a close friend, she suggested it was a cold sore.
So I went out and got some lysine and cold sore cream to put on it. I applied that a bunch. Over night I put some on and a couple hours later, my lips were huge and I was thinking maybe it was the cream that was too strong as well.
So I stopped taking that thinking the swelling will eventually go down with the cold sore.
Fast forward about a week, it wasn't changing so i went to an urgent care because I've begun to panic. She suggested the swelling would go away with the end of the cold sore, which seemed to be a few days away. She recommended taking benadryl, which I've been taking since. But last night, I took one around 3:30 and woke up at 6-7 with my lips fully swollen again. And now I am just in all freak out.
The only thing I can think of is that my lips are just freaked out? And can't stop the histamines? The urgent care doctor said if it didn't help in 3 days to go back and she would give a low dose steroid.
But I'm still thinking, is that just going to help the symptoms? I have no clue what's going on and every morning it's scaring me that this is continuing so long for no fully apparent reason. It's been several weeks of dealing with this.
I could really use any loving energy or wisdom... Any insights anyone may have if they feel into this situation. And thank you guys so much for what you sent before and for the time it took to read this.