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On 29/09/2010 09:26, Sacha wrote:

Ray's lip swelled alarmingly when he was bitten by a spider a year or so
back. He didn't see it or feel it but when the nurse examined it she
could see the two mandible marks. shudder! He'd been working at a
potting bench and of course nice warm, slightly humid glasshouses are
spider heaven.

Eeeeeeekkkkk!

I used to have a non-specific allergy which caused my lower lip to swell
until the skin was painfully tight, and I daren't venture out in public!

I had all the tests dental, allergy clinic etc, but the clue was when
our daughter's border collie leapt up and licked my mouth one day before
I could stop her, yukk!

Washed my mouth immediately, but that night my lip and tongue swelled
up, the worst episode I ever had, and I was worried about choking.
Piriton tablets brought the swelling down during a very scary night...

The allergy specialist said that it would develop into hay fever
eventually, which it did, but no more swollen lips.
I cringe when I see people "kissing" their dogs....
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Gordon H
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