Thanks for the article. I noted that every time I brush my teeths it make me feel like I need to vomit. Sometimes, like today, I felt that I have a soar throat and was difficult for me to breath. After I wake up I wash my mouth and I have the same feeling of wanting to vomit. I look into a mirror and I saw my uvula kind of big. I believe this happen to me when I need to breath only through my mouth because my nose are kind of close (I don't have the flu). I'm having a reaction to my toothpaste? What is the relation with the noses?

I got this a few years ago while surfing and camping off the grid in Costa-Rica. No idea how i got it. Felt like i was choking and swallowing my uvula, horrible experience. Hitched to a town and happened to find an ambulance that immediately gave me an epipen and some antibiotics free of charge.

One cause not mentioned is excessive snoring.. after a big night on the drink i regularly wake up with my uvula 3x the size and able to swollow it. Takes a day and then it is back to normal.

I recently had swelling in my nose and throat, including the uvula. I bought the least expensive nose drops whose main ingredients was tetrahydrozoline and the drops that ran down the back of my throat began taking the swelling down. So I squirted it directly into my throat, releaving the uvula swelling! It works so I can breath without that snoring sound and feeling for a few hours. Have not tried a long acting nasal decongestant, they can be pretty spendy.

I get a swollen uvula at least a few times a year, from snowboarding or excessive drinking, both are related to dehydration. It gets so bad that I can actually struggle to swallow and sometimes even breathe easily.

I am at the moment having a swollen and enlarged uvula which gives me so much concern; and I visited my doctor a couple of hours ago and got some anti-biotics. The uvula appears to be going down my throat as if I am already swallowing it. Reading about your comments helps me to calm down since I have not expereinced this before.

I just got it this morning and I have this irritation in my throat and found out that my uvula has grown. Good thing I have a tolerance in gagging as almost equivalent to no gag reflex. I think I got this reaction from using too much vinegar in my mung beans. It slipped my hands while putting a bit of vinegar but since I think it's a waste to throw it I it the mung beans with almost overflowing vinegar with it.

I woke up this morning and notice my uvula was elongated, never had this happen before. i am 57 yrs old. I was out drinking beer earlier in the night and went to bed woke up with extreme case of acid reflux (witch is unusual) but after examining my throat notice the uvula had swollen. hope it goes down by tomorrow , if not ,trip to the doctor.

I am a newbie to this swollen Uvula as well. It first started after I had my son about 15 months ago. The doctors weren't sure what the issue was and gave me meds to numb it and eventually after a day or so it went away. The second time was after a night out drinking, same recovery time there and about 1 month ago I just woke up choking on it! I freaked out and went to the ER, they gave me some steroids and numb med. Then today I wake up with it swollen again!! I am going crazy! I am going to try the nose spray idea that I read in someones comments. I hope that works out!! The next step is to have it surgically shortened. Eak!

I'm 50 years now and I've just had my first swollen uvula...it swelled 3x it's normal size...vety painful to swallow..I'm not sure how it came about but I howIdon't getit agsin. I drove myself to the emergency...didn't wait long...maybe 5 minutes...they took me in right away. Doctor gave me two steroid pills and discharged me. I came home and slept the afternoon away...woke up feeling better. Swelling gone but now I'm dealing with a full-blown cold!!!