These reviews and article really made me feel at ease because when I seek medical attention, the doctors look at me like I am crazy. I would tell them sometimes when I wake up, it feels like I am suffocating alive. I have to get my son's attention to bring me his asthma inhaler because I panic that it feels like I cannot breath. I will examine my mouth and notice that my uvula is swollen and sometimes I have the white patches in the back of my mouth, which I found a name for: tonsil stones. Oh my goodness, I will try to burst them by any means necessary, which is very difficult to do. In trying to burst the stones, I notice that food particles were still in that area. I have the tendency to smell things and excuse my language, it smells like ass. In reading the post about snoring can cause the uvula to swell, I can believe that because I have sleep apnea, it causes dry mouth, lack of oxygen when sleep and some severe snoring. I went to ear, nose and throat doctor and he told me with sleep apnea, it causes a lot of problems with throat area and I believe it. I am tired of going through this.

Had a swollen Uvula. Had to rush to hospital as I coudnt breath. Steroids and anti allergic meds helped to an extent on day 1. Guess turmeric in water and honey in tea are good relief providers. Thanks to all for their suggestions.

Thanks for all of the postings. Im experiencing this now and it has helped me calm down. Woke up with the gagging feeling as it fees like uvula is just resting on the back of my tongue. Had a full blown panic attack like Ive never experienced. Im in my 50's overweight and a back sleeper so guessing that combo might have something to do with it. Havent slept all night but have been drinking tons of water and sucking on ice chips and it helps some but not completely. Hopefuly gets better on its own. If not by tomorrow night I can see a trip to the doctor being necessary.

I burned my uvula with a hot baby carrot from a crock pot stew. While it felt hot when I chewed, it wasn't burning my teeth so I swallowed it, only to have it get caught in my throat. I couldn't swallow or bring it back up and it just sat there sizzling for a few seconds until I could get it up. Although it was uncomfortable to eat, it didn't really bother me until a few days later when it became excruciating to swallow or eat food. It had become infected and had green pus on the tip of the uvula. Had to go to urgent care to get antibiotics and after 6 days, Dr. said I had 2nd degree burns to the uvula and back of my throat. I still have not been able to eat much except room temperature snack pack puddings , noodle soup and lukewarm tap water. Cold feels just as bad as hot food. It feels like I have mono again bcs it has affected my glands, throat, jawline, and ears. I am hoping that it will heal soon! Motto for life now: Don't eat in a rush and wait for food to cool down!

Thank you for this article. I woke up this morning to what looked a set of traticles hanging at the back of my mouth! Got a dr's appointment this afternoon.

Testicles, not whatever else traticles are...

Iv jist come back from a 2 day bender with 6 frends 2ounces of weed and 6litrs of voddy, Im presuming Thats the cause of my swollen uvula. I was drymothed since Friday so Im presuming so XD

Woke up to this at 2 am after going to bed at midnight, feel like I'm swollowing it . My wife usually kicks me when I snore and I roll over, but she wasn't there last night, also have stuffed nose due to allergies, I hope it's just dried out .and goes away

So I have had this happen to me like 5 times now. And I have found that if you take 800mg of ibuprofen it takes the swelling down pretty quickly. It was so bad one time that like every second I was swallowing it and was gagging. Took the ibuprofen and with like 20 minutes the swelling was down. In the mean time I was drinking very cold ice water! Good luck to you all. I just had this today it sucked.

This article has really eased my mind as I am just experiencing this for the first time at age 35. I woke up freaking out as well wondering what could be wrong. I'm gonna try some of the suggestions and see if they work. I wish I had some steroids on hand or antibiotics to try!