<p>Best wishes for a quick recovery,Mantori.<br>
After all It won’t be LONG til Christmas:)</p>
<p>A fast and uncareful read of this thread’s title will cause ones eyes to widen. </p>
<p>Now I’m tiny eyed and disappointed.</p>
<p>Long is fine; excess swelling…well… ;)</p>
<p>Um…yeah…so I also slightly misread the title of this thread :p. </p>
<p>Gosh, my daughter just calls it her worm thingy. Hmmm…so, on second thought, “A Bit Embarrassing…Elongated Worm Thingy” might not be any better :D</p>
<p>Ohhh, thanks for the good laugh everyone. I wondered what that elongated body part was too…it’s the “A Bit Embarrassing…” to admit!</p>
<p>Have you tried sucking on ice chips and eating ice cream? Maybe the cold temp. with help to reduce the swelling.</p>
<p>I’m still contemplating the phrase, “unusually long uvula”, which conjures some really weird imagery.</p>
<p>Anyhoo. mantori, hope it’s back to the usual length tomorrow. Whatever that is.</p>
<p>I ignored this thread at first, thinking a weird joke. Anyway, I have large thingy too. I saw an ENT, who wanted to reduce surgically. He warned painful surgery, swallowing would be hard for 3 weeks. I checked with my primary MD, who definitely said don’t go thru with it, as surgery not always successful. </p>
<p>This was 3-4 years ago, so procedure might have changed. Anyway, I find hot liquids soothing.</p>
<p>I’m not suggesting that you don’t see a doctor; perhaps u have an infection. I’ll be interested to hear what happens.</p>
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<p>That’s funny. My son the science geek calls his appendix his “worm thingy” because its Latin name is vermiform appendix, which means “worm-shaped attachment”.</p>
<p>Uvula update: Looks and feels the same as yesterday, so I haven’t called the doctor yet. I suppose I’m being a typical guy.</p>
<p>Motrin or other NSAIDs (non steroid anti inflammatory drugs) will help with the swelling; go to MD with fever or respiratory distress.</p>
<p>I have waited for two days, I am sure other inquiring minds want to know if it’s still elongated. More importantly, have you seen a doctor?</p>
<p>Yes - I want to know if it’s still elongated.</p>
<p>I think I saw on TV that if it is elongated for more than 4 hours, to call the doctor. No - wait - that was something else. :)</p>
<p>I apologize for keeping you all in suspense! Here’s an update:</p>
<p>I have not seen a doctor. I decided that if it wasn’t getting worse, there was no compelling reason to do so. I fully realize that this is a guy thing, and that I probably should have seen a doctor. My wife says so, so it must be true.</p>
<p>It is still elongated, but less red, and I no longer feel like I’m choking on it. My throat no longer hurts, which leads me to believe that I will start enjoying some serious uvulary shrinkage over the next day or two.</p>
<p>I promise I will post the resolution of this situation for all to see. Unless I die. :)</p>
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<p>I just sprayed the coffee I was drinking all over my computer screen :eek:</p>
<p>OK, so the only reason I read thru 3 pages of this…is because I have also Fallen Victim to this.
And I did not drink heavily (or at all) or smoke, as other websites have suggested is most often related to the cause of this.</p>
<p>I DID start antibiotics a few days ago for a cold, so maybe this is a body-reaction to whatever is already getting fought off…</p>
<p>but this thread made me laugh about it, anyway.
and uvulary shrinkage, while a funny phrase that causes coffee sprayage, would be welcome, and i’ve only had this a day!</p>
<p>Glad someone resurrected this thread. It reminds me to report that I have been uvularily normal for about a week. I still have no idea what caused the problem, but apparently I’m not going to die. 
I mean yet.</p>
<p>So glad to hear it, mantori!</p>
<p>First pardon me on intruding with the suggestion of an ancient treatment for sore throat/ uvulitis/ colds/ irritated uvula/ elongated uvula. </p>
<p>I learned this from my mother who grew up in Northern India without the presence of doctors in nearby locales. She learned about Uvula thru the “pass down the generational knowledge method”. </p>
<p>But I do say that I have benefited from the knowledge in treatment of colds, sore throats, harsh throat and when nothing else works. </p>
<p>Here is the treatment: Use your thumb to raise the uvula upwards as hard as you can. Do it repeatedly about 3 times. The result will be very calming relief of the nose and throat problems. </p>
<p>To actually be able to do it you will need to coat your thumb with something sterile that will not slip and give you a grip. The substances have changed over the ages and my mother recommended use of modern toothpaste. It is sterile and provides a sticky surface so your thumb will not slip when you press the uvula. </p>
<p>I do apologize if the treatment seems offensive but some American friends have been amazed by the results. They joined parties at Christmas when otherwise they were down with severe sore throats.</p>
<p>I remember this thread. Brought a smile to my face again.</p>
<p>I haven’t posted in months and I log on today and what do I see…the Uvula thread…hahaha.</p>