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Uvulitis is an acute inflammation of the uvula with sudden onset, pain when swallowing, a sensation of a floating foreign body in the pharynx and difficulty breathing.
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[ Symptoms uvulita
Sometimes uvulitis occurs at night, and the patient wakes up from the sensation of a foreign body in the throat; attempts to remove it by sharp expectorating exhalation increase the pain and swelling of the soft palate. But most often uvulitis occurs during eating with sudden sneezing or coughing. Uvulitis also occurs in people who have previously undergone tonsillectomy and adenotomy.
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Treatment uvulita
Treatment for uvulitis is the same as for catarrhal and follicular tonsillitis.