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lip swelling
So here it is : all the information about me that I think would be relevant to this question.
I am a 30 year old female ( dec.82) , I have a an almosnt 9 month old baby girl. She;s healthy! smart , was born 8lbs 14 ounces. I am 5'8 and consider my self a big framed girl. Big feet , big hands , ( pear shaped) - i say all this so that you can cut me some slack when i reveal my weight range. Before I got pregnant i averaged 170lb - 185. I have had trouble keeping my weight under control through out my life and finally settled on a 170-180 range with a rigid exercise programm and flexible diet. I also used caffeine supplements and appetise suppressants to help prepare for special occasions here and there. Overall physically i look less than i actually weigh - my measurements were 38- 30 47 ( pre-pregnancy) . During my pregnancy I gained 90 lbs. ( yes - you read correctly 90) my appetite during the first trimester- the hunger was sooooo insane that i averaged about a 5lbs gain a WEEK. Naturally i had to stop supplements ! my eating increased and i just got flat out lazy about the exercise . so i totally understand why the weight came so fast and furious. My weight pre baby was 180 , my weight post baby (week after her birth ) was 272! -
I had loads of drama with nursing . milk didnt come in right away! she got some but very little and i just gave up when she was around 8 weeks old. I started working out around that time and since November of 2012 to date ( July 2013) i've lost 72 lbs..sooo now - my weight is 200 lbs. I am so happy I was able to get rid of most of it before the year ended , and now I am focussed on getting rid of 30-40 . Measurements now 41- 33-49 , I figure i look like me ALLLLLL THIS TO SAY :
Last month for the first time , my lip started swelling . I woke one morning withit tingling and then within an hour it was as if i had beenpunched in the face! I thought it was something I ate , but I have never had any aversions to the food in the past- nor I had ingested anything that was new or out of the ordinary ( i have started back with my occassional app suppressants and caffeine "vitamins" ) nevertheless i took somthing for allergies ( not benadryl ) and it went down. two days later - woke up ! same ting ! ...took benadryl went down . still hadnt doen anything out of the ordinary. Two days later woke up _ same thing ! this time BOTTOM lip. oh btw the swelling seemed to migrate first from the upper lip ( right side ) to the upper lip ( left side ) and then to bottom lip FULL!. i grew very concerned but never saw a doctor ( bad i know ) ..anyway - this time when the swelling went down i had decided that it was due to a new foundation i was wearing and tossed that . swelling never returned ! until this month! so - stopped using the product that i thought was causing the reation and her my lip is swollen again.
it swelled up twice this time - but to alesser degree - still embarrassing- still happened first thing in the morning. ANYWAY! ...the only thing that i could think of was the fact that on both occassions I was on my monthly!* time of the month* - *aunt flo* whatever term you want to call it! then I wondered if this was more than some strange allergy. its gone away - as well as aunt flo - and Im waiting to see what happens for this month's visit . SO...any ideas???
This discussion is related to thyroid causing lip swelling?.
I am a 30 year old female ( dec.82) , I have a an almosnt 9 month old baby girl. She;s healthy! smart , was born 8lbs 14 ounces. I am 5'8 and consider my self a big framed girl. Big feet , big hands , ( pear shaped) - i say all this so that you can cut me some slack when i reveal my weight range. Before I got pregnant i averaged 170lb - 185. I have had trouble keeping my weight under control through out my life and finally settled on a 170-180 range with a rigid exercise programm and flexible diet. I also used caffeine supplements and appetise suppressants to help prepare for special occasions here and there. Overall physically i look less than i actually weigh - my measurements were 38- 30 47 ( pre-pregnancy) . During my pregnancy I gained 90 lbs. ( yes - you read correctly 90) my appetite during the first trimester- the hunger was sooooo insane that i averaged about a 5lbs gain a WEEK. Naturally i had to stop supplements ! my eating increased and i just got flat out lazy about the exercise . so i totally understand why the weight came so fast and furious. My weight pre baby was 180 , my weight post baby (week after her birth ) was 272! -
I had loads of drama with nursing . milk didnt come in right away! she got some but very little and i just gave up when she was around 8 weeks old. I started working out around that time and since November of 2012 to date ( July 2013) i've lost 72 lbs..sooo now - my weight is 200 lbs. I am so happy I was able to get rid of most of it before the year ended , and now I am focussed on getting rid of 30-40 . Measurements now 41- 33-49 , I figure i look like me ALLLLLL THIS TO SAY :
Last month for the first time , my lip started swelling . I woke one morning withit tingling and then within an hour it was as if i had beenpunched in the face! I thought it was something I ate , but I have never had any aversions to the food in the past- nor I had ingested anything that was new or out of the ordinary ( i have started back with my occassional app suppressants and caffeine "vitamins" ) nevertheless i took somthing for allergies ( not benadryl ) and it went down. two days later - woke up ! same ting ! ...took benadryl went down . still hadnt doen anything out of the ordinary. Two days later woke up _ same thing ! this time BOTTOM lip. oh btw the swelling seemed to migrate first from the upper lip ( right side ) to the upper lip ( left side ) and then to bottom lip FULL!. i grew very concerned but never saw a doctor ( bad i know ) ..anyway - this time when the swelling went down i had decided that it was due to a new foundation i was wearing and tossed that . swelling never returned ! until this month! so - stopped using the product that i thought was causing the reation and her my lip is swollen again.
it swelled up twice this time - but to alesser degree - still embarrassing- still happened first thing in the morning. ANYWAY! ...the only thing that i could think of was the fact that on both occassions I was on my monthly!* time of the month* - *aunt flo* whatever term you want to call it! then I wondered if this was more than some strange allergy. its gone away - as well as aunt flo - and Im waiting to see what happens for this month's visit . SO...any ideas???
This discussion is related to thyroid causing lip swelling?.
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Oh golly; I think a lot of us have struggled with eating disorders........ and yes, I'd say something is "broken" in your body and needs to be fixed, but I don't think that's causing the swelling in your lip.
Yes, it seems that green coffee bean extract is the latest weight loss "rage"; whether it works or not, I have no idea, but I certainly have my doubts.
You can look on the bottle of your Energy Uptime and see what vitamins might be there. Too much caffeine can be detrimental to your health.
Better to have an official diagnosis and get treatment for whatever you have, rather than go along being miserable and worried that something "might" be wrong, but not knowing what......
Yeah, hoodia is supposed to be "natural"....... it's also supposed to work, but did nothing at all for me........ maybe because my body was trying to tell me that my thyroid was sick.........
Yes, it seems that green coffee bean extract is the latest weight loss "rage"; whether it works or not, I have no idea, but I certainly have my doubts.
You can look on the bottle of your Energy Uptime and see what vitamins might be there. Too much caffeine can be detrimental to your health.
Better to have an official diagnosis and get treatment for whatever you have, rather than go along being miserable and worried that something "might" be wrong, but not knowing what......
Yeah, hoodia is supposed to be "natural"....... it's also supposed to work, but did nothing at all for me........ maybe because my body was trying to tell me that my thyroid was sick.........
And no... Its not green coffee bean! But someone did mention that its the rave these days! Never tried it! I take some called Energy Uptime - its base is caffeine but it proclaims to have other vitamins as well! Which do wonders for my mood. Its obvious I have a few more issues that I might need sorted out! I'm hestitant to self-diagnose .. But hesitant to officially be diagnosed! I tried Hoodia! Its supposed to be "all natural" ha!
Lol! Thank you! Very helpful information! See I've also struggled with eating disorders win my late teens early- mid twenties..so I wasn't sure if I had "broken" something in my body! If my body could have a talk with me - it wouldn't talk! It would just yell " what da hell are you doing!?? *insert desired explitives* " but I'm trying to get things under control! I WILL however see my doctor about it! And noted on the supplements! *sigh* thanks for your response. :-)
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Oh not necessarily uninteresting......... I just didn't quite catch the connection, because while there are some types of lip swelling that can be characteristic of hypothyroidism, I've never heard of the intermittent swelling you're having.
The lip swelling that is sometimes present with hypothyroidism, typically, is not intermittent; once it's there it stays until the hypothyroidism is under control. Often with this type of swelling, the tongue swells, as well and feels like it's too big for the mouth. I've had the tongue swelling, but not the lips; my sister has both.
I'm not really sure that it would have anything to do with your period either, though, I guess, it's possible that with added/different hormones during that time of the month, there could be a reaction, of some type. Hormones are funny things; they don't like other things interfering with them.......lol
It would seem that your lip swelling is related to something else, but if you current thyroid lab results, please post them, along with reference ranges which vary lab to lab and have to be posted with results. That will give us a chance to determine whether your levels are okay, or if you could have issues.
I'd still lean toward the appetite suppressant and caffeine vitamins (is that green coffee bean extract?).
The lip swelling that is sometimes present with hypothyroidism, typically, is not intermittent; once it's there it stays until the hypothyroidism is under control. Often with this type of swelling, the tongue swells, as well and feels like it's too big for the mouth. I've had the tongue swelling, but not the lips; my sister has both.
I'm not really sure that it would have anything to do with your period either, though, I guess, it's possible that with added/different hormones during that time of the month, there could be a reaction, of some type. Hormones are funny things; they don't like other things interfering with them.......lol
It would seem that your lip swelling is related to something else, but if you current thyroid lab results, please post them, along with reference ranges which vary lab to lab and have to be posted with results. That will give us a chance to determine whether your levels are okay, or if you could have issues.
I'd still lean toward the appetite suppressant and caffeine vitamins (is that green coffee bean extract?).
Um.. Yes there is! I gave all that uninteresting information about me to see if there were factors other than maybe disfunctioning thyroid causing the swelling! Maybe I should have been more articulate! . Anyway. If anyone thinks lip swelling in these circumstances has anything to do with a malcfunctioning thyroid .... I guess I would like to hear from you.
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This is a thyroid forum......... is there a thyroid question in there, somewhere?
If not, just as an off hand suggestion: have you considered the appetite suppressant or the caffeine vitamins, as the culprit. Healthy diet and adequate exercise are best for healthy weight loss. Studies show that yoyo dieting makes weight harder to get rid of.
If this happens again, you really need to see your doctor to find out what's causing it.
If not, just as an off hand suggestion: have you considered the appetite suppressant or the caffeine vitamins, as the culprit. Healthy diet and adequate exercise are best for healthy weight loss. Studies show that yoyo dieting makes weight harder to get rid of.
If this happens again, you really need to see your doctor to find out what's causing it.
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