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Common causes of Face swelling
Introduction:
This information shows the various causes of Face swelling, and how common these diseases or conditions are in the general population. This is not a direct indication as to how commonly these diseases are the actual cause of Face swelling, but gives a relative idea as to how frequent these diseases are seen overall.
Causes of Face swelling that are very common
The following causes of Face swelling are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:
- Dental caries
- Hives - swollen face
- Obesity
- Rosacea - swollen face blood vessels (telangiectasia)
- Sinus infection
- Sinusitis
Causes of Face swelling that are common
The following causes of Face swelling are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:
- Bulimia nervosa - cheek swelling
- Edema
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - facial swelling
- Sebaceous cyst
- Sjogren's Syndrome - one-sided swollen parotid salivary gland
Causes of Face swelling that are uncommon
The following causes of Face swelling are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:
- Face fracture - Facial swelling
Causes of Face swelling that are very rare
The following causes of Face swelling appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:
- Acromegaly
- Anthrax
- Cushing's syndrome
- Dermatomyositis
- Lung cancer - swollen face
- Mumps
- Preeclampsia - swollen face
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever - face swelling
- Trichinosis
Causes of Face swelling without any prevalence information
The following causes of Face swelling are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.
- swollen cheek
- swollen parotid glands
- Acromegaly
- Allergic reaction
- Alveolar abscess
- Anaphylaxis - swollen face
- Angioedema - swollen face
- Angioneurotic edema
- Atrial myxoma, familial - puffy face
- Boils
- Bright's Disease - facial edema
- Bronchial neoplasm
- C1 inhibitor deficiency
- Carbuncle
- Cardiac oedema
- Carotico-cavernous fistula
- Cavernous sinus thrombosis
- Chagas disease - Facial swelling
- Chromosome 22 trisomy mosaic - facial swelling
- Cushing's syndrome
- Dental abscess - swollen cheek
- Dental caries
- Dental infection
- Dermoid cyst
- Drug allergy
- Dry socket - facial swelling
- Edema
- Endomyocardial fibrosis - facial edema
- Epidermoid carcinoma - facial swelling
- Erysipelas
- Esthesioneuroblastoma - facial swelling
- Exercise induced anaphylaxis - facial swelling
- Eye swelling
- Facial burn
- Facial fracture - facial swelling
- Facial trauma
- Familial hypopituitarism - puffy face
- Fascioliasis - facial swelling
- Fibroma
- Fibrosing Mediastinitis idiopathic - facial edema
- Fryns-Aftimos syndrome - facial swelling
- Gangliosidosis generalized GM1, type 1 - facial edema
- Glomerulonephritis - puffy face
- GM1 gangliosidosis - facial edema
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - facial swelling
- Hemangioma
- Hives - swollen face
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Hypothyroidism
- Idiopathic edema - facial swelling
- Insect bite
- Insect bite allergy
- Insect sting
- Insect sting allergy
- Lassa fever - swollen face
- Lipoma
- Lung cancer - swollen face
- Lymphomatous thyroiditis - facial swelling
- Mediastinal neoplasm
- Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome - facial swelling
- Membranous nephropathy, idiopathic - facial swelling
- Meningocele
- Mesothelioma, adult malignant - facial swelling
- Mesothelioma, adult malignant - pleural - facial swelling
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Neurofibroma
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - facial swelling
- Obesity
- Ollivier syndrome - facial swelling
- Opisthorchiasis - facial swelling
- Orbital cellulitis
- Perioorbital cellulitis
- Primary syphilitic sore
- Proteinuria - face swelling
- Pulmonary branches stenosis - swollen face
- Riedel syndrome - facial swelling
- Rodent ulcer
- Salivary gland cancer, adult - facial swelling
- See also causes of eye swelling
- Sinus cancer - Facial swelling
- Sinusitis
- Small cell lung cancer, adult - facial swelling
- Subcutaneous emphysema
- Subpulmonary stenosis - swollen face
- Superior vena cava syndrome - face swelling
- SVC thrombosis
- Swollen cheeks
- Swollen parotid glands
- Telangiectasia
- Thymic epithelial tumor - facial swelling
- Thymus Cancer - Facial swelling
- Thymus disorders - Facial swelling
- Thyroid agenesis - puffy face
- Tooth abscess - swollen face on one-side
- Urticaria - Facial swelling
- Vaccinia
- Yellow nail syndrome - facial edema
All Causes of Face swelling
The full list of all possible causes for Face swelling described in various sources is as follows:
See full list of possible disease causes of Face swelling
Drug side effect causes of Face swelling
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Face swelling as a side effect.- Irbesartan
- Avopro
- Karvea
- Sodium Aurothiomalate
- Myocrisin Injection
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