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Suggest Remedy For Swelling In Lips And Impetigo
My 9 year old son has just been diagnosed with Impetigo which is on his lips; his lips have swollen to such an extent he has difficulty talking and eating/drinking. He has been put on 250mg Flucloxacillin capsules 4x daily. Been told if it doesn t improve to take him to out of hours doc. over w/end. Reading various web-sites it doesn t seem to take such a short time to improve - should I not worry and take him next week to the GP as normal?a
Tue, 8 Aug 2017
hi there,
1. impetigo is a curable bacterial infection.
2. but the symptoms you were describing are not fitting into the impetigo.
3. your kid concern may be angioedema.
4.there are multiple causes for angioedma.
5. have a second opinion with another dermatologist.
6. if any symptoms of breathing difficulty , then plan of dexamethosone injections immediately.
this will help him.
1. impetigo is a curable bacterial infection.
2. but the symptoms you were describing are not fitting into the impetigo.
3. your kid concern may be angioedema.
4.there are multiple causes for angioedma.
5. have a second opinion with another dermatologist.
6. if any symptoms of breathing difficulty , then plan of dexamethosone injections immediately.
this will help him.
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