When you were a child, you might have looked in the mirror at the inside of your mouth and wondered about that dangling thing at the back of it. That soft flap of tissue that looks like a droplet at ...

A large, snow-white ulcer swelled up on the dangly tissue at the back of a man's throat, but doctors couldn't immediately explain why. It turns out that a single-celled parasite was the culprit, and ...

The uvula, a piece of soft tissue that hangs in the back of your throat, helps prevent food from going into your nose when you eat. The uvula may be removed as a treatment for various conditions like ...

A man unwittingly picked up a parasite, and years later, it triggered a throat infection. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A large ...