I did have a blood panel, but it came up clear.

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Please ask your doctor to switch you to another blood pressure medication.... NOT an ACE inhibitor type.

Lisinopril causes swelling, and increase in bradykinin levels. If you have low C-1 inhibitor to remove it, you will swell up everywhere. This is not common and some doctors are not up on it... as they didn't get it in school.

Here are some links to read:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...00208223470820

http://www.haea.org/patients/what-is-hae/

This can affect your bladder, GI tract, throat and any body part.

I have the GI type, and swelling limbs with only minor throat
symptoms. People vary.

It would be best just to change that blood pressure drug to another family of drugs. NO ACE inhibitors.

I get considerable anxiety when I have an attack.
Reducing the lisinopril is not going to help much as it will still generate the bradykinin which is what causes the swelling. (typical antihistamines DO NOT reduce the swelling caused by bradykinin).

It took about 3 months for my body to get rid of the problem of swelling. There will be a first nice response, but then it will take a while to get 100% back to normal.

Thanks, I'm going to call her Monday.

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