Why do lips become thicker

Lips are a relatively important organ in the human body. They facilitate our communication with others, and we also need to use our lips for behaviors such as eating. However, there are often many problems with the lips. These problems can be big or small, including thickening of the lips. There are many reasons for thickening of lips, but many people don’t know. So why do lips become thicker?

Sudden swelling of lips may be caused by: food allergy, skin care product allergy, inflammation, poisonous insect bites, etc. Now let's introduce these situations. The general clinical manifestations of food allergy are urticaria or skin rash, some are accompanied by skin itching, and generally there will be abdominal pain, diarrhea and even vomiting symptoms. When skin care product allergy occurs, many patients do not feel anything special, some are just a slight tingling sensation, and generally do not care. After a period of time, redness, swelling, itching, pain, edema, etc. appear, and then it is discovered that allergies have occurred.

Therefore, in general, before using new skin care products, do a test on the back of your hand or neck to see if the skin can accept it, and then use it on the face. The redness and swelling caused by venomous insect bites usually only have some foreign body sensation or a tingling sensation at the time, depending on the toxicity of the venomous insect and the bite method. Most people only discover it after the redness and swelling.

It is recommended that you go to the hospital's dermatology department for a check-up, because sometimes allergies can cause serious consequences. The redness and swelling of the lips will also affect the appearance, further affect the mood, and bring inconvenience to life. Unexplained swelling of the lips may also be due to angioneurotic edema.

Angioedema is mainly an allergic reaction limited to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, which can be caused by drug allergies, insect stings, desensitization injections or eating certain foods (especially eggs, shells, and nuts). It is a temporary, localized, painless subcutaneous or submucosal edema. The main cause of the disease is type I allergic reaction caused by foreign proteins or drugs.

Through the above analysis, we can know that sudden thickening of the lips is caused by swelling, allergies, inflammation, insect bites and some diseases. If the lips suddenly become thick, you must not be careless and must go to the hospital to diagnose the cause and treat it in time. To avoid delaying the disease.