Talk:Palatine uvula
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This topic was defaced by a member from 4chan with the somewhat hidden ", such as /b/."
My uvula usually get swollen after a very good and lots of drink(Spirits), when i wake up I feel that i am going to Swallow my uvula, it helps me when I go to sleep a bit longer then normal (about 10 hours) It makes me scared that Thre is something wrong with me, but I know that it is definetly related with alcohol consumption, best to drink less hey!!!
My uvula had swollen to the size of a grape once. This had happened once before. The first time it went away after an hour of sucking ice and gargling with cold water. The second time it grew to the size of a grape. Cold water didn't help, so I had called a relative to take me to the hospital. There the doctors at the emergincy room gave me an IVE with a steroid and an antiallergin. Two shots of antiallergins through the IVE and 5 hours later they sent me home.
I trace it back to alcohol. High proof vodka was the problem. It didn't happen all at once, the alcohol numbed it. However, while trying to sleep, it grew so big that it woke me up gagging. The best thing to do if you are gagging is to remain calm...It sounds stupid, but when you get worked up you breathe heaver and panic which makes it a lot worse. What I do is put on a Pink Floyd DVD and let it drift me back to sleep. All it takes is time. Now I am more concious about the damn uvula so I have become some sort of psycosamatic. I constantly worry that it will happen again. I quit drinking, cut down on smoking, and cut down on coffee. My social life is scarred. Most of the time I just want it removed.
Thought I should pop in my exp here. Similar happened to me and indeed, just gotta stay calm and breathe through your nose. I couldnt even speak. Usual causes are burns and viral things. Nothing long term, and nothing to serious, providing you dont choke on it, but im no doctor.
I severely doubt that ANY child has EVER injured anyone trying to imitate the 'punching bag uvula' thing in cartoons. All in favor to remove that bit?
I was personally injured in this manner during my childhood. I was five years old, and was watching a cartoon with my friend. He saw one of those damnable scenes, and decided that it would be humorous to try: on me! Before I could say anything, he had reached to the back of my throat, grabbed my uvula, and stretched it to insane proportions. It was intensely painful, and it has remained elongated all of these years. It scarred me emotionally during this time, as well. Whenever I would sneeze, the uvula would retract into my sinus cavity and emerge from one of my nostrils, which caused me to have very few friends when I was growing up.
Your touching story has convinced me that this warning MUST INDEED REMAIN. Keep on truckin', brother.
08/08/05 I have been diagnosed with uvulitis and my uvula inflammation matches the description of the first one on this page ("My uvula had swollen to the size of a grape"). It is quite simmilar to the appearance of a red grape. I tried to say uvula as much as possible because it such a funny word (and has also appeared in the Cartoon Network cartoon Cow and Chicken). The GP (General Practitioner) concluded that I had a bacterial infection, and therfore prescribed me with Aspirin to be gargled with water 4 times a day, aswell as Erythromycin Enteric coated tablets.
I`ve just got out from hospital after having abdominal surgery ,and my uvula is inflamed and strecthed.Apparently this is a common reaction to being intubated for general anestesia. I must have a particully sensitive uvula as it also happened a few years ago whilst on holiday in Furtaventura.(too many pina coladas) A trip to the local clinic for a shot of hydracortizone and within the hour,and £150 lighter, it was back to normal.
The secret is not to panic.
Today, I went to the hospital after having a 4-day sore throat, which just today I noticed was joined by an incredibly elongated uvula (it was literally past the back of my tongue.) I got tested, and came back positive for mono. The more you know~
Just thought I'd drop in some interesting primary source material: Re: What effect does the uvula have on swallowing in humans? Iskunk 22:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Question....
Is it uncommon to get an ulcer on the uvula? If you get an ulcer on your uvula, will that make your tonsils swell up and make your throat sore? And what do you do to lose the ulcer, that far back in your mouth...gargle saltwater???
[edit] Work To Be Done
One thing not covered is the actual function of the uvula. I mean, I have a good guess, but someone probably knows more.
The page calls the uvula "cone-shaped", which it can be, but not always, and not in the visuals that accompany the article. This phrase, "cone-shaped" seems to have been copied from another source.
The page later says the uvula got its name from its "grape-like shape". This also is not always true, and is not seen very much in the visuals. Other sources say that the word uvula in latin meant a swollen uvula, which do look like grapes.
The page also says the uvula "plays an important role in the creation of the sound of the human voice." Outside of helping with a uvular trill, this doesn't ring true to me...Someone probably got a little ambitious, and confused about the word "uvular". The fact that Wikipedia's "Uvular" page also is a bit confused probably didn't help.
I got reverted when I just tried to edit this willy-nilly, so I thought I'd bring it up here....meditate on it....
-Misha
--216.254.12.114 05:41, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I also like this sentence about the uvula:
"[I]t closes to prevent air escaping through the nose when making some sounds, such as /b/."
I must be some sort of physical freak, because I can't seem to close my uvula, no matter how hard I try. I mean, I can close my airway using my velum with the best of 'em, but my uvula? No luck.
-Misha
216.254.12.114 20:39, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
The uvula is not at the back of the throat. It is at the front, i.e. anterior face, of the throat. It is, however, at the back of the mouth.
140.90.159.106 22:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Salt water gargling
I've changed that material because the explanation was incorrect: there is no molecular iodine (which would have antiseptic properties in low concentrations) present in iodised salt. The iodine is added as sodium iodide, which is not an antiseptic.
Kay Dekker 22:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Do we have enough photos of the uvula?
Ironically, some of them could make you gag. Wahkeenah 18:30, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Popular culture
Honestly , who is intrested in the uvula in popular culture? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Blackfield (talk • contribs) 19:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC).you need more photos
[edit] Adjectives?
Nearly all the pictures have adjectives calling the uvulas "big"... are these larger than normal or something? or is it just unnecessary use of adjectives?
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BetacommandBot 11:23, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Please remove edit protection
Bad POV protection to preserve a disruptive edit made by the protecting admin. Indefinite full protect to avoid trivia sections - immediately after the admin changes the article to his liking - is way over the top and inappropriate. See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Admin incivility and Wikipedia talk:Trivia sections#massive removal of content Wikidemo 15:57, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
- The protection is inappropriate and I have removed it. I will say, though, that these trivia sections are wholly unencylopedic and should be removed from articles. This is not an encyclopedia of pop culture phenomena. The protection of the article may have been unfortunate, but Alkivar is 110% correct that this stuff should not be in our articles. --B 16:21, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
- In this particular case I don't think any of the trivia items are notable or relevant, even if worked into the text, so I won't add them. They could be the subject of an independent list / article. A single sentence to the effect that the P.U. is often featured as a sight gag in American cartoons (or something similar, once researched and sourced) would be reasonably relevant. As to the broader question of trivia and pop culture, that's a big debate on Wikipedia, and protecting admins should not be taking sides or protecting simply to shut down the debate.Wikidemo 16:26, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
