Question 1

how can i treat elongated uvula?

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See below: These are symptoms that could be potentially serious.  Yous should discuss these with your physician.  He/she will thotoughly evaluate you and let you know what's going on.

Question 2

what causes an elongated, enlarged uvula?

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Variety of things: The uvula may be enlarged from inflammation, infection, or it may be congenital.  If the symptoms of snoring or sleep disorder are present, you may want to get a sleep study to make sure that your oxygen saturation at time of sleep is within normal limits.  If you are totally asymptomatic, do nothing.

Question 3

what does it mean when your uvula is elongated?

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ThLongAnTheShortOfIt: It means your uvula is elongated. The uvula is an elongated structure. But if you mean TOO long, then it might irritate your throat or cause you to gag or swallow a lot or feel like there's a goldfish in there. Sometimes it will swell from an allergy, sensitivity or irritation, but with time it will shrink back down; sometimes medication is needed; rarely, surgery. Try ice chips, then your doc.

Question 4

recovering from elongated uvula...noticed the tip is has turned white as it shrinks.  is this normal?

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The pink color=from: red blood cells in capillaries. If white, then less blood flow &amp; this would be consistent with the tissue shrinking as blood flow is required to maintain tissues and routinely increases as part of our immune or healing response to resolve infections, irritation or injury.

Question 5

why do we have a uvula?

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Not fully understood: All the mammals do not have uvula ,it helps phonation  ( voice } gauge reflex , salivation , it is some times removed  for snoring in sleep apnea .

Question 6

why is my uvula crooked?

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Probably: If it's been crooked all your life, probably just a normal anatomic variation.  If this is a recent change, it deserves investigation...call your Dentist for recommendation to an Oral Surgeon.

Question 7

why do people have a uvula?

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Uvula: Great question! It has long been thought that the uvula is "vestigial," meaning that it really has no specific purpose.  Having removed the uvula hundreds of times for patients who snore and have sleep apnea, I've found that not having one does seem to affect swallowing of nasal secretions,  specifically making it somewhat harder.  I think a purpose is to help with nasal mucous clearance

Question 8

where can you find the uvula?

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Uvula: At the back of the soft palate.

Question 9

what can cause a broken uvula?

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No such thing: There is no bone to "break" in the uvula which is made up of soft tissue (mucosa, submucosa) as well as muscle. There is no such thing as a broken uvula. There is a "bifid" uvula which is a congenital anomaly in which in appears forked.

Question 10

what is located behind the uvula?

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Behind the uvula : Behind the uvula lies the posterior pharyngeal
Wall.  The pharynx will connect to the esophagus posteriorly and the larynx or voice box anteriorly.  Hope this helps.

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