What should i do about tonsil stones?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at
5:18 pm
I cough up little white/yellowish spongy balls that smell horrible, and i found out it is tonsil stones. Should I worry about this or just leave it alone? It is a really weired feeling coughing them up…
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I had tonsil stones for 8 years (that I can remember – possibly longer) before finally getting my tonsils out in December. For most people, tonsil stones are food particles and bacteria that get caught in the crypts of your tonsils. Usually people who have had many bouts of tonsillitis will have bigger crypts and are therefore more likely to develop tonsil stones. Tonsil stones are not dangerous or infectious – just a great annoyance. I used to spend hours poking at my tonsils with q-tips to get the stones out because I constantly felt like there was something stuck in my throat and I found that the quicker I got the stones out, the less annoying they were and the less my breath stunk. A lot of people recommend using a water-pik to get the stones out but I found that they were very difficult to use and if the water stream is very strong and sometimes caused me to bleed. Most ENTs won’t take out tonsils just for tonsil stones (I also had very frequent tonsillitis that kept me out of school for days at a time – I’m a college student) but if they are very bothersome try the q-tips or water-pik. If those still don’t work try talking to your doctor for other recommendations. Good luck!!
Get rid of them ASAP. They smell like shit. I think you can do it yourself, but I may be wrong. If you can’t do it yourself, just go to the doctors or whoever gets rid of them.
Tonsils are four little lymph glands situated in your throat. Actually, tonsils do a very important job of trapping bacteria in their crypts. Then the phagocytes from the blood consume these bacteria, hence the infection is trapped before it reaches the bronchial tubes and lungs. When these warriors are overwhelmed by the striking bacteria, they get infected, inflamed and enlarged and tonsillitis occurs. You then have to nurse them back to health instead of ignoring, and worse still, think about getting them removed. Think about getting rid of them only when they are getting chronically infected, that too, after you have tried all possible treatments including herbal preparations.
It has been seen that the chances of getting upper respiratory infections increase manifold once these were removed. Now, it is well established that a simple enlargement of them or an infection in them, twice or thrice a year, doesn’t call for their removal.
There are effective natural remedies that can help to support and maintain throat and tonsil health, boost immune functioning and fight tonsil infection when it occurs. Antibiotics obviously cannot (and should not) be taken all the times you have an infection & therefore, chances of you catching the infections back increase as soon as you stop taking them.
Herbal and homeopathic remedies contain carefully selected ingredients that are gentle on the body’s system, without harsh risks of unwanted side effects or addiction, and of course you may take them for ongoing support for extended time till the time you feel you are comfortable with.
Use Gallium aperine, also known as Cleavers, as an excellent cleansing tonic with a particularly beneficial effect on all the lymph glands, including the tonsils. Salvia officinalis benefits all conditions of the mouth and throat and has well-known herbal astringent, antibiotic and antiseptic properties.
There are a number of homeopathic remedies, such as Belladonna and Merc. sol recommended in the treatment of acute tonsillitis and can help to clear the infection as well as prevent unnecessary tonsillectomies.
You may get additional details over there
http://www.healthherbsandnutrition.com/remedies/t/tonsillitis.htm