Im 46 years old and was born with cleft palate had surgery at 4 years old and again at 15 I recently had a piece of ham go up through the back of my throat and the food came out of my nose when I blew my nose is it possible that my palate has opened up a little
Welcome to Chat Doctor, food coming from the nose alone cannot say your cleft palate has opened.  I would like you to get examined by your treating physician. If the palate now is normal I do not think that the food particles would have come from the opened palate.  In the throat there is a connection between the respiratory tract and the Gastrointestinal tract. Food particles can come through that. Hope this explains. With regards Chat Doctor. Chat Doctor .com/doctors/