Swollen palate can be caused by mechanical injury, papilloma, heavy recurrent aphthous ulcer, etc. It can be treated with medication and surgery.
1. Mechanical injury: if when eating fish or shells, stabbing or scratching the palate can lead to congestion and edema, in addition, eating too hot food can also lead to congestion and edema caused by scalding of the palate. If it is not serious, it can be left untreated. If the pain is obvious, you can use cold saline gargle or apply lidocaine gel.
2. Papilloma: Human papilloma virus infection can cause squamous epithelium to overgrow outward, causing papillomas in the mouth. Early stage can be treated by using high purity interferon or antiviral drugs. If the disease cannot be controlled by conservative treatment, surgery is needed, and for those who have no effect of conservative treatment and cannot undergo surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy can be performed.
3. Heavy recurrent aphthous ulcer: this is a kind of ulcer with unknown etiology, recurrent but self-healing, there will be a yellow pseudomembrane at the ulcer site, and the periphery is red, swollen and elevated, accompanied by pain. Medications such as chlorhexidine gargle and compound borax gargle can be used to treat the pain with anti-inflammatory treatment.
Those that are difficult to tolerate can be treated with pain relief such as lidocaine gel or compound benzocaine gel. If the condition is prolonged you can use epidermal growth factor gel, ulcer patches and so on to promote ulcer healing.
Swollen palate should be timely medical treatment, according to the results of the examination and clinical symptoms of comprehensive diagnosis, standardized treatment, such as the need for medication, should be strictly comply with the doctor’s instructions.