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Besides reducing salt intake, exercise, and massage, what pharmacological treatments other than diuretics, may be helpful for facial edema?
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Facial Edema: Causes of facial edema: allergic reactions, angioedema, blood transfusion reaction, cellulitis, conjunctivitis (inflammation of the eye), drug reactions, including those due to aspirin, penicillin, sulfa, glucocorticoids, and others, head, nose, or jaw surgery, injury or trauma to the face (such as a burn), malnutrition (when severe), obesity, salivary gland disorders, sinusitis.
Answered 12/27/2013
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