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08-26-2008, 02:02 PM
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|  Swollen Uvula Has this ever happened to anyone else? My uvula swelled up so bad that it was lying down on my tongue. I freaked out, thinking that my throat was closing up, and went to see my doctor. He said that it could've been inflamed by an infection, but that it appeared to be burned. I thanked him, got my prescription, and got the hell out of there. I must've scorched my uvula the night before by inhaling too close to the flame. I got lucky. NEVER go to the doctor for a swollen uvula (the hanging thingy in the back of your throat). They'll KNOW. My doctor never would've pegged me as a smoker so he dismissed it as a possibility. |
 
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08-26-2008, 02:15 PM
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| Your uvula often swells up when you have an infection, the same way your glands would. It's not only from smoking. Even if your doctor does know it's from smoking, so what?
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08-26-2008, 02:52 PM
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| I just prefer to keep some things private. |
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08-26-2008, 02:57 PM
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| What I mean is even if your doctor did know it was from smoking, who is to say it's from marijuana? And, your doctor cannot tell anyone, patient confidentiality, so it's not as if anyone else would know. |
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08-26-2008, 08:36 PM
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| It's happened to me MANY times...and it always sucks!  You wake up in the morning, and it's just hanging there in your throat, like you have to hock up a big loogie that you can never spit out! Then it takes what seems like ALL DAY for the swelling to go down!I have a tendency to snore, and although I've never discussed it with a doctor, I presume that's why it happens to me!  THAT, in combination with smoking more than usual.Try using 'Breathe Right Nasal Strips' before you go to bed. They work GREAT, and really help with that inflamed gollywhomper!  |
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08-26-2008, 10:59 PM
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| Interesting, this the first time we've heard of such anatomical dysfunction--though I gather what you're sayin is that it WAS due to your marijuana smoking too close proximity to the flame? correct? Pls note that fire is ~.> 500 degrees.
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08-26-2008, 11:59 PM
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| Yes, from smoking. You must not be a researcher of science to have never heard of this freakish anomaly. Tomorrow, I am going to stab myself in the neck with a fork while I'm eating, because, theoretically, I should've been more careful. Stay posted. |
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08-27-2008, 03:23 AM
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| uuh ... ive smoked for years and never had a swollen uvula or any sort of similar symptom. im wondering how the hell you burned it- did you suck on a blowtorch or something? seriously- the thing is in the back of your throat- how the hell did you 'inhale too closely to the flame' ??? wouldnt you have burned the front of your mouth as well? |
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08-27-2008, 03:26 AM
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| It doesn't have to do with how close it is to the flame, it's just very hot air being inhale. You aren't technically "burning it" just inflaming it from the temperature. Just like biting into a very hot slice of pizza. You're not technically "burning" your tongue, but it sure feels like it |
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08-28-2008, 04:48 AM
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| that i understand, i dont understand how the the air he was inhaling got so hot as to burn him. As i stated before, ive been smoking for several years now, pretty much daily, and ive never burned the inside of my mouth/throat like this. thats why im wondering if he used a blowtorch or something similar to light the weed and raise the temperate of the smoke so high as to be dangerous. |
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