A swollen soft palate should be treated gingerly for a few days while it heals. This means eating soft foods like applesauce and pasta, not pretzels or chips.
Usually this is a crisis needing a visit to urgent care providers because the palate is close to the airways. Swelling along the airways can cause serious injury, distress, and could even lead to death by airway blockage.
Liquids and put salt in them to treat your pallet swelling issue. You also need to get a humidifier for your home as it is dry air that often causes this.
You will need to go to your doctor to have it looked at. The doctor is the only one that can treat you for your symtoms, don't wait to go to the doctor.