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What are the common causes for lips swelling?

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Trauma/allergies: Trauma to the lips blistering due to viral infection (or bacterial) food allergies or to new cosmetic (lipstick) these would be most common, after that one must look into the problem much more closely.

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Answered 9/28/2016

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