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    anyone get that nasty stuff in your tonsils? How do you get rid of it?

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    Default Re: Tonsil crud.

    I never get stuff in my tonsils... are you sick?
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    Fill a cup with the hottest water you can out of the sink, put A LOT of salt (several spoonfuls to a mug) and gargle till all the water is gone--it feels so much better. I get that from time to time w/o being sick, possibly environmental, smoke, etc. Recently I went to the beach on a cold night so that was what did it this time--good luck hon it shouldn't be that bad if you do the saltwater/drink lots of water and leave it alone. I think some ppl are prone to weakness in certain areas of the body, that's all. Some ppl get frequent ear infections, my shit is always with tonsils.

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    Default Re: Tonsil crud.

    You can use a hydrogen peroxide/water mix (50/50 mix) and gargle with it.

    They're tonsil stones, or tonsilloliths. It's not infection. Some people have large pockets in thier tonsils that are prone to collecting food particles etc which compress into hard little things. They can get pretty big. My daughter gets them. Her doc said over time and with age the pockets tend to shrink and they go away.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith



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    Wow, that's cool, thanks for that link--

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    I would go to the doctor to make sure it's not strep. If it is, you'll need antibiotics to get rid of it.
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    i was born without tonsils...so i cant help......but the salt water gargle DOES help a sore throat
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    Default Re: Tonsil crud.

    That link was great Thanks! No I am not sick or worried about strep. These things are so gross. That helps alot.

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    i posted this before but about 10 yrs ago i had tonsils that had holes in them ..from constant throat infections as a kid
    Id get nasty nasty tastes in my mouth til one day i GROSS got a toothpick and pulled out something out of one of those holes that looked like dough .. it smelled like poo
    NO LIE.. it was sicko.. the doc said i was normal and was fine just keep them clean by doing the toothpicko thing but i was like i cant live like this ..so got my tonsils removed
    the HOLES are normal according to my doc..and CRUD is normal because if you got holes food gets in them.. and you will survive if you just clean them unless you want nasty breath ..but id look at getting them removed.. glad i did
    though i get sore throats tons more often now..
    of course first just go to a doc and get a professionals opinion

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    Yep, it has happened to me, too. In fact, I posted about this a couple of months back. When I found it, I pressed on my tonsil and out came this ball of gunk. And it stunk like shit! So, I've been checking my tonsils on a regular basis now, because I don't want my breath to stink!

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    If i'm not incorrect Strep infections will present with other syptoms outside of tonsil stones. You generally get pus smears on them as opposed to hard chalky/cheesey objects in the tonsil caverns. Strep generally also presents with fever and a sore throat, the stones don't cause pain.



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    Both me and my boyfriend has this exact same problem. Eventually, my boyfriend's became too inflamed for Listerine to help and has resorted to surgery. He's having his removed in April.

    Me? It's not bad enough yet to consider that, but the specialist told us to gargle FREQUENTLY with powerful alcohol-based mouthwashes.
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    I get those things sometimes and I used to panic consistently and go to the campus clinic, where they'd tell me it's nothing to be worried about and please stop bothering them. Still, the appearance of bits of gunk on one's tonsils is upsetting, I'll give you that. If you don't feel sick I don't see how it could be strep, like Sirona said, so don't worry about that. I'd just try to scrape them off. I have a pretty sensitive gag reflex but I could usually do it myself with enough patience... a Q-tip with some of the cotton pulled off, soaked in diluted hydrogen peroxide did a good job dislodging the crud.

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    Where do you buy an ear curette? Sounds like a great idea. Qtips aren't really long enough and too thick to get into the crevace.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pennygirl View Post
    i posted this before but about 10 yrs ago i had tonsils that had holes in them ..from constant throat infections as a kid
    Id get nasty nasty tastes in my mouth til one day i GROSS got a toothpick and pulled out something out of one of those holes that looked like dough .. it smelled like poo
    NO LIE.. it was sicko.. the doc said i was normal and was fine just keep them clean by doing the toothpicko thing but i was like i cant live like this ..so got my tonsils removed
    the HOLES are normal according to my doc..and CRUD is normal because if you got holes food gets in them.. and you will survive if you just clean them unless you want nasty breath ..but id look at getting them removed.. glad i did
    though i get sore throats tons more often now..
    of course first just go to a doc and get a professionals opinion

    I had this problem also for quite a few years, it got so after a while, my bf wouldn't even kiss me because my breath was always awful. I couldn't keep up with the gunk. In my case, it was often painful also. Turned out that I had been getting abscesses in them that would heal, but left large holes that collected the nasty, smelly stuff. I had them removed and am having LESS sore throats now, not more. And my breath is nice now. So very happy I finally had it done. If you are having any pain with this or it is very persistant, you should have it checked out, otherwise the previous advise given should suffice.

    Note: always, by the time my Dr's appt came around, the abscesses had healed and they would tell me nothing was wrong. I finally asked for a referral to a specialist, I described the problem, he took one look and sent me in to surgery the next day!

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