okay wtf.. am I the only one who get's smelly throat crap?

[zixxer]

Every now and then I cough and a little whitish colored round shaped ball of DISGUSTING smelling stuff comes out.. I'd say the size of an LED.

This morning I could feel one there but couldn't cough and make it come up. I went in the bathroom with a flashlight and could actually see it in the back of my throat, stuck in front of my tonsils. I tried with the end of a comb to dislodge it but couldn't. almost puked about three times.. finally I was like wtf and took my finger, and pushed along the back of my throat to force it out. There was a LOT back there. There's some sort of 'pocket' that catches these things, and i guess when it gets full one or two pop out, but there was probably 3/4 of a thimblefull... yuck.


what is this crap?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: se7enty7
what is this crap?

Ask your boyfriend. He can explain.

 

[Spoooon]

It's probably just some food that got trapped back there.

 

[Yossarian]

I don't know the medical term for it, but it's food that didn't make it down the gullet and becomes bacteria chow.

 

[Crusty]

pics?

 

[pillage2001]

I just lost my appetite.

 

[Murphy Durphy]

Called Tonsoliths. Gargle with mouthwash and check around back there every once in a while. Should clear up rather quickly.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
pics?

next time, I promise

 

[alm99]

Tonsil stone aka tonsilloliths
someone beat me to it

 

[Nocturnal]

Also called tonsil stones. If I ever get them I usually pick them out with a tooth pick or something. It's nasty as hell though.

 

[Eli]

They're called tonsiliths.

It's not food, it's bacteria, their wastes and foul mucous that gets trapped in the pits and crevasses of your tonsils/throat.

And yeah, about the only thing you can do is try and keep your throat clean by gargling etc.

They usually occour the most when you're on the trailing edge of a head cold, when you're getting a lot of post-nasal drip.

 

[alm99]

Originally posted by: se7enty7

Originally posted by: MCrusty
pics?

next time, I promise

Its pretty disgusting, they are white/yellow, hard, smell like poopy. Like you said if you can push on your tonsil without gagging you will get a whole lot more. Its like your tonsil pops like a zit.

 

[alm99]

Double post, oh yeah

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: Eli
They're called tonsiliths.

It's not food, it's bacteria, their wastes and foul mucous.

And yeah, about the only thing you can do is try and keep your throat clean by gargling etc.

They usually occour the most when you're on the trailing edge of a head cold, when you're getting a lot of post-nasal drip.

You put that so eloquently, it brings tears to my eyes. Really.

 

[weezergirl]

Hehe someone posted about this before and had pics. SO GROSS!!

 

[Alchemist99]

Isn't this a repost from a couple of weeks ago? I remember as I almost puked then, now I used to and am actually
going to try and find some people with this affliction so I can smell for myself how foul they are and I think I'll take it to work and look at under the microscope, could you maybe send me one I'll pay shipping, bah never mind I want one as fresh as possible.

 

[zimu]

i love it when you have some weird problem and are scared to share it, and suddenly you realize other people have it and that theres actually a NAME for it.

i get them all the time, havne't seen it written about ever though, i feel happier now tha ti know the medical term for it!!

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Alchemist99
Isn't this a repost from a couple of weeks ago? I remember as I almost puked then, now I used to and am actually
going to try and find some people with this affliction so I can smell for myself how foul they are and I think I'll take it to work and look at under the microscope, could you maybe send me one I'll pay shipping, bah never mind I want one as fresh as possible.

I'll mail you one..


They smell so f-ing horrible. I had an ingrown toenail once that was so bad the flesh was rotting, and it didn't come near the rank smell of these little white balls. It's disgusting, worse than ass, worse than anything I've EVER smelled before. It literally makes me sick. God forbid you break one open..

 

[RagingBITCH]

They always seem to come out after I go swimming

So what ever happened with the projector thing?

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
They always seem to come out after I go swimming

So what ever happened with the projector thing?

the guy stopped responding to all my emails

 

[TitanDiddly]

I've had these happen to me on rare occasion.

I was in a biology class once when one of my friends coughed one up. Both him and I sat at lab benches because there weren't enough desks. It was awesome. The teacher didn't care what we did, we actually would spend half the class taking care of the aquarium(well, he would throw half a can of fish food in) and stuff. So he coughs one up, shows it to me, and asks if it's ever happened to me. At that point, it hadn't berore, and natually I'm pretty grossed out. He grabs a glass examination slide and pops it on there, to at the next time we use the microscopes for a lab. Come to think of it, that kid was really messed up.

Mine haven't smelled at bad as you're describing.... the bathroom smells worse after my brother 'relieves himself'..

 

[Balt]

I have pretty bad post-nasal drip year round (guess I should see an allergist?), so I know what you're talking about.

A wet Q-Tip is the best thing to use to dislodge them. If you use something sharp and accidentally cut your tonsils you will be in for a world of hurt.

 

[FreshCrabLegs]

Originally posted by: zimu
i love it when you have some weird problem and are scared to share it, and suddenly you realize other people have it and that theres actually a NAME for it.

i get them all the time, havne't seen it written about ever though, i feel happier now tha ti know the medical term for it!!

HaHa. I thought I was the only one in the "hoe-wide world" that had this condition. (Doesn't happen often.)

Can we no start a support group?

HajikuFlip, cookie for you, for being the first one letting me know what it was.

Thanks!

 

[Ikonomi]

I've had these once in a while, like maybe once a year, but they're always really small. Since I read in this thread what can happen if you press on your tonsils, I've been teetering between fascination and fear of doing it. Ugh, that sh!t is so foul...

So I guess if you've had your tonsils out, you can't get these? Man, that alone is incentive.

 

[thirtythree]

eww yes, they're disgusting.