Anyone want to know what a tonsillolith looks like? *nasty* >>

[zixxer]

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these get stuck in crevices in my tonsils. I think it's like a little piece of food that has bacteria growing on it.


I CANNOT express how HORRIBLE they smell. It makes me want to puke it's so horrible.

 

[zixxer]

btw

That's a small - medium one. I've hacked up ones so large they won't fit in the holes in the drain.

 

[Paulson]

Yeah, they smell horrible... and yes, that's a small one.

 

[Ryan]

I get those sometimes - they're friggen disgusting! :disgust:

 

[zixxer]

for awhile I would actually stick my finger back there and try to push them out. For some reason it doesn't work anymore... I'll sometimes drink/gargle sprite and that helps.


What do you do to get them out?

 

[Nocturnal]

I poke at it with a dentist utensil you can find at K-Mart.

 

[weezergirl]

can you feel them when they are back there? that would seem to me like it'd be annoying!!

 

[HiTek21]

i use a long wooden handled cotton swab and kinda poke at it till it comes out.

 

[episodic]

I'm glad I had my tonsils removed. . . .

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: buyer262000
I'm glad I had my tonsils removed. . . .

I'd much rather have my tonsills and deal with a few tonsill stones then not have my tonsills.

 

[PliotronX]

Here's how to get rid of those suckers and treat hemorrhoids as well.

 

[JohnCU]

I used to get those and always wondered what they are and why they smell so awful...

 

[gururu]

got them for a couple of years, and then they went away. Kind of weird but happy to say I'm no longer a carrier. My theory is that bacteria set up a colony in the pocket of your tonsil. Anytime food gets stuck in there, they have a feast and grow out. A cycle is born between clearing the loth and feeding the resident colonies. Eventually, the bacterial infection is eliminated, leading to a clear tonsil. I would bet that rinsing with mouthwash just after clearing out a loth would expedite things.
When I was getting them, I found that eating bread and/or pasta was a sure way to build 'em up. You can generally rub them out with the backend of a toothbrush. If not cleared, they can get pretty huge. The feeling of large ones stuck back there make you want to hurl.

 

[StageLeft]

You get coins stuck in your mouth...?

 

[edro]

WTF... that's all I have to say.

I guess I learned something today.

 

[seepy83]

Originally posted by: weezergirl
can you feel them when they are back there? that would seem to me like it'd be annoying!!

can anyone answer this please? you guys feel them back there or what?

 

[xboxist]

Originally posted by: seepy83

Originally posted by: weezergirl
can you feel them when they are back there? that would seem to me like it'd be annoying!!

can anyone answer this please? you guys feel them back there or what?

You can feel them if they're in the right spot, or if they're big enough. I onced had one that was almost as big as that quarter. Freaked me out. And I don't cough them out - my efforts are futile. They just kind of... "slide" up and out randomly, when I least expect it. It's absolutely awful. Hate them.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

break it open so we can see inside it

 

[fw3308]

From what I have read in some previous postings about them is they are in part due to post nasal drip and the bacteria forming from that. If you have sinus issues, and I do, then you will occasionally get them. They just plain suck and stink to high heaven.

 

[GasX]

wow - I never heard of these...

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: edro13
WTF... that's all I have to say.

I guess I learned something today.

Same here... you can extract stuff from your tonsils ?!

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
wow - I never heard of these...

 

[amcdonald]

I feel fortunate that I've never even heard about this.

Is sounds absolutely disgusting.

 

[xboxist]

It is! The smell... is the absolute worst smell I've ever encountered in my life. It's beyond revolting. When I was little, I called them little brains. They come out as a fragile solid structure. But it takes very little pressure to "break" them... and then you see that they're actually very soft and paste-like. And that's also when the smell triples and almost instantly knocks you into a coma from sheer smell shock. That's why I've only touched one in my life. Now when I get one (once every month or so), I spit it out and bury it. L'il bastards.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Perhaps you should stop playing quarters.

:beer: