The palatal tongue became inflamed: treatment

Such a small organ as the palatine tongue, in some cases, can cause a big health problem. As a rule, its inflammation does not threaten a critical condition, but sometimes the puffiness becomes so intense that it causes a significant difficulty in breathing.

Before you start to understand the causes of problems with the tongue, you should describe its anatomical structure.

Anatomical structure

The palatal tongue itself, the photo of which is presented in this article, is nothing more than the continuation of the soft palate. It is located in the cavity of the pharynx, under the root of the tongue. The basis of it is composed of smooth muscle cells, and the surface is covered with a mucous membrane.

Through the soft palate, blood vessels pass, which explains the occurrence of injuries and inflammatory processes. Often you can face intense swelling and redness.

The soft palate passes into the palatine arches, between which are the tonsils. This explains the fact that in the presence of tonsillitis or sore throat, that is, when the body is infected with viruses or bacteria, the inflammatory process extends to the soft palate.

The situation, which in acute inflammation of the tonsils creates the impression that the small tongue is swollen, is explained by their anatomical proximity.

Small tongue function

The palatine tongue has a number of rather important functions. The soft sky, together with a small tongue, participates in the rational separation and direction of air currents and food, prevents foreign bodies and food from entering the respiratory system, forms a reflex of coughing and vomiting, warms the inhaled air, and participates in the correct formation of sounds during the pronunciation of words. Inflammation of the tongue of the tongue can lead to disruption of each of the above functions. In medicine, it was called "uvulit."

How does uvulit flow?

If the sky is not infected, then the person does not feel it, but with the development of some pathological conditions, the sky and tongue swell and blush.

Ovulitis often occurs in acute form. The patient may even awaken at night from the feeling that the palatine tongue has become swollen and long. This causes a sense of presence of a foreign body in the oral cavity and a desire to clear throat. Cough in this state of relief does not bring. Usually it provokes soreness and swelling of the soft palate.

The main causes of the disease

The main causes that cause inflammation of the palatine tongue are:

• Infectious processes in the oral cavity, which are caused by viruses or bacteria;
• Inflammatory processes of a purulent nature in the jaw region;
• Tonsillitis or tonsillitis, which proceeds in a chronic form;
• Suppuration of the tissue located near the tonsils;
• Presence of injuries and burns of soft palate;
• An allergic reaction of the body;
• Swelling of the soft palate, throat or pharynx.
• The presence of sinusitis or rhinitis;
• Paratonsillar abscess;
• Diseases of the teeth and jaws, accompanied by suppuration;
• Mechanical damage to the tongue;
• Exposure to low or high temperatures;
• An allergic reaction;
• Presence of angioedema;
• Presence of a tumor in the throat;
• Long-term use of funds against hypertension;
• Reception of ACE inhibitors.

There are also causes that are not diseases, but are capable of provoking the occurrence of uvulita.

Symptoms of uvulitis

Signs of a disease such as uvulitis can make itself felt during meals, after a prolonged cough or sneezing. More predisposed to uvulita are people whose small tongue has an elongated shape. Also, the disease develops in the presence of adenoids. If you look at the throat with inflammation, you can see a bright red palate that has started to hang to the root of the tongue. Along with this, the soft palate swells and hurts.

Symptoms of uvulitis in the viral nature of the disease

When bacteria and viruses penetrate:

• Pain in the throat.
• Presence of perspiration and cough.
• Nasal obstruction.
• Raise body temperature.
• Migraine.
• Pain in the joints and muscles.
• Plaque in the throat.

Therapy of uvulite

Inflammatory process in the tongue, as a rule, acquires a sudden course. Whether the patient will need the help of a specialist depends on the symptomatology caused by the disease.

If the inflammatory process and puffiness do not affect the function of breathing and are manifested by the feeling of a coma in the throat, a nasal voice, painful sensations when ingestion of food, then, as a rule, the disease passes by itself, without the intervention of a doctor.

Occurrence of uvulita makes breathing difficult, causes shortness of breath, runs out of saliva and provokes vomiting.

Since the cause of swelling of the small tongue in the throat may be an allergy of an instantaneous kind, the above symptoms should be treated with care, and with their rapid development, immediately consult a doctor.

Coping edemas of an allergic nature is possible due to three main groups of drugs:

• Antihistamines;
• Diuretic diuretics;
• Glucocorticosteroids.

For example, if the outgrowth of the soft palate has increased in size due to the presence of allergies, a patient from antihistamines may be recommended to use "Claritin", and "Furosemide" is prescribed as a diuretic. With expressed difficulty in breathing, the use of "Hydrocortisone" is indicated. Single cases of puffiness of the soft palate require radical help, namely, such manipulation as tracheostomy.

The most important condition is to determine the cause of the ailment. This determines the therapeutic course.

What if the palatine hurts? Usually this condition is provoked by trauma. In this case, no special procedures are required. As a rule, doctors limit themselves to ordinary observation, recommend to follow the rules of hygiene and care for the oral cavity. We advise you to use chamomile rinses. In this case, the swelling decreases after a few days.

In case of penetration of viruses or bacteria, such agents as "Amoxiclav", "Azithromycin", "Levomycetin", "Arbidol" are prescribed. The throat is sprayed with sprays that have bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effects (Ingalipt, Givalex, and Thorlospas).

Angioedema in treatment is a great challenge. It manifests itself suddenly and also disappears quickly.

If ulvit provoked accumulation of pus, then ordinary sprays will not help. In this case, surgical intervention is indicated. Following a similar operation requires a long rehabilitation period.

Papillomas and viruses do not pose a particular threat to the life of the patient, but when they appear, surgery is also shown, as neoplasms tend to proliferate. This is a great discomfort for the patient.

It should be noted that the use of alcoholic beverages can cause swelling of the tongue. This is due to dehydration of the mucous membrane of the organ. Treatment of this condition requires a lot of fluid intake. Alcohol and carbonated beverages should be excluded.

The problem with the tongue, the sense of its increase in size is also caused by the presence of benign tumors in the throat. In appearance such a neoplasm looks like a growth that forms on the mucosa of the appendage of the soft palate and is more often a polyp or papilloma.

Polyps and papillomas usually do not threaten the health and life of a person, but doctors recommend their removal, because if the growth is increased in size, the patient begins to suffer from coughing and the feeling of a foreign body in the throat.

If the build-up and papilloma are systematically traumatized or affected by other irritating factors, there are risks of their transition to a malignant tumor.

The treatment of the palatine tongue is distinguished by a high level of complexity, puffiness is provoked by angioedema. As a preventive measure in this case, hypnosis, reflexotherapy, physiotherapy procedures are used.

With paratonzillar abscess and the presence of abscesses in the jaw resort to surgery. In this case, an opening and draining is performed.

So, with the rapid development of the disease requires an immediate appeal to a doctor. More often the process develops in a short time with allergies. Puffiness of an infectious nature also requires medical advice, but does not need an immediate reference to a laryngologist. Even a small symptom can cause a major health problem.

General recommendations

Regardless of the reason for which the palatal tongue has become inflamed, there are a number of certain rules that must be adhered to during treatment. First of all, you should maintain oral hygiene. You should also pay attention to the diet. You can not eat sharp and salty foods. It should be excluded alcoholic beverages and smoking.

Conclusion

Proceeding from everything, stated above, it is possible to draw a conclusion: if you have problems with such organ, as a palatine tongue, then you should immediately contact a specialist. Doctors will be able to understand the cause of the disease and prescribe appropriate therapy, which can stop all manifestations of the disease. The main symptoms include puffiness, nausea, pain, feeling of rezi.