What’s that little tongue in your throat?

The small tongue inside the throat is medically called the uvula, which plays a role in closing the nasopharynx when swallowing food, avoiding food from entering the nasal cavity through the nasopharynx and causing choking symptoms in the nasal cavity. When there is a bacterial virus infection in the throat, the uvula will also be red, swollen and congested, and by observing the changes in the uvula, the severity of the condition can be determined. In the case of congestion and swelling of the uvula, it is necessary to give anti-inflammatory, nebulized inhalation treatment, oral anti-inflammatory drugs can choose cefixime tablets or cefuroxime tablets, oral nebulized inhalation of drugs can choose gentamicin and dexamethasone, you can also choose to spray directly on the throat to open the sword of the throat spray, the uvula has the role of anti-inflammatory and swelling. Usually diet should avoid spicy stimulating food, to soft food, fluid-based.