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Uvulitis
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Uvulitis is an acute inflammation of the uvula with a sudden onset, pain during swallowing, the floating sensation of a foreign body in the throat and respiratory obstruction.
Causes of uvulitis
The cause of uvulitis is associated with disorder of the integrity of the venous plexus, which is located in the uvula, in particular due to rupture of the vessel in the uvula, and infection of the oral cavity with conditionally pathogenic microbiota, and arising hematoma (apoplexy of the uvula)
[Symptoms of uvulitis
Sometimes uvulitis occurs at night, while the patient wakes up with the feeling of a foreign body in the throat; attempts to remove it by a sharp expectoration exhalation increase the pain and swelling of the soft palate. But more often uvulitis occurs during meals at the sudden sneezing or coughing. Uvulitis arises in patients who have previously undergone tonsillotomy and adenotomy.
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Treatment of uvulitis
Treatment of uvulitis is the same as for catarrhal and follicular tonsillitis.