Tonsil stones?
Monday, September 21st, 2009 at
8:00 pm
I have tonsil stones, and have had them for a few months. I don’t know much about them, but they keep coming back. I can kind of poke them out with my finger when they’re sticking out enough, because I’ve broken down my reflexes somewhat.
I just want to know what I probably did to get them, and if there’s any way I can permanently get rid of them?
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I actually went to the emergency room yesterday because of this right here. I have had this same thing all my life. I cough and these gross smelling rotten looking pellets come off my tonsils. Well mine has just become badly infected and I now also have a chronic cough and chronic pharyngitis. I am going to a specialist on Monday. The doctor told me I basically have two choices. I can have them taken out or live with the pain and get everyone around me sick. Because of this my tonsils carry many bacteria causing viruses and infections. This is also why my husband has been staying so sick lately we were told as well. So I most likely will be having them removed. I suggest you see a doctor because the reading I have been doing suggest that they can cause other problems such as throat cancer.
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Most people with calculi of the tonsils have no associated symptoms. In that case nothing need be done, except perhaps for brushing or scraping them out, as your daughter does. Gargling, refraining from eating during the 30 minutes before falling asleep, and careful oral hygiene may help minimize their formation.
For some people, however, the calculi can be quite bothersome, causing a constant foreign-body sensation, a chronic low-grade sore throat, recurrent episodes of tonsillitis persisting beyond childhood, or chronic bad breath.
Treatment consists of either removing the tonsils or removing the calculi. Troublesome large calculi that are not easily dislodged may need an ear, nose, and throat doctor to remove them.
Here’s what I found
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/79547/tonsil_stones_those_foul_smelling_curds.html?cat=5