A woman's lips swelled to a cartoonish size following an escargot meal in China.

Xu ordered snails as a snack, but after about an hour of eating, she began to feel swelling in her mouth in Hangzhou City, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang.

She said that because it was too late, she initially did not take it seriously, attributing it to the spiciness's kick.

As time passed, her mouth swelling grew gradually worse and even caused excruciating discomfort, making it difficult for her to fall asleep.

She took a cephalosporin anti-inflammatory medication by herself to soothe the discomfort, which slightly reduced the swelling in her mouth but did not completely solve the problem.

Xu believed that the snails may not have been cleansed properly, resulting in swelling caused by bacterial infection. However, she neglected to follow up with the vendor.

A woman's lips swelled to a cartoonish size following an escargot meal in China.

Xu ordered snails as a snack, but after about an hour of eating, she began to feel swelling in her mouth in Hangzhou City, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang.

She said that because it was too late, she initially did not take it seriously, attributing it to the spiciness's kick.

As time passed, her mouth swelling grew gradually worse and even caused excruciating discomfort, making it difficult for her to fall asleep.

She took a cephalosporin anti-inflammatory medication by herself to soothe the discomfort, which slightly reduced the swelling in her mouth but did not completely solve the problem.

Xu believed that the snails may not have been cleansed properly, resulting in swelling caused by bacterial infection. However, she neglected to follow up with the vendor.