WEird Weird Question (gross)

ok i warn you this is gross?

it has to do with tonsils


well, anyway..... so i have like grooves/holes (if you will) on/in my tonsils and i get these hard whitish/lt yellow-green ball-thingys stuck in them.

its TOTALLY gross. i somtimes in the middle of a convo have to excuse myself becuase i have to throw one up. (i literally gag and throw it up with saliva and it will all of a sudden happen out of nowhere)

so.. i am guessing its mucus or something. ???

they SMELL realllly bad and make my breathe smell bad too. its horrible.

in order to get them out myself i have to stick my finger (or an object) all the way in the back of my throat and gag or try to pick it out like a madwoman. its disgusting.
i tried getting one out today and got only half out. i couldnt take the gagging anymore. (cuz it makes me kinda vomit and stuff)

anyway.... what the hell could this be?!?! is there a way to prevent it???? can/should i get my tonsils removed?

its a real big problem that i just cant deal with anymore.

thanks for listening to all the nasty azz details.

please help me out with some advice or suggestions at what this could be?!!

Message edited 8/25/2005 1:05:35 AM.

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I had this when I was in high school.. THE EXACT SAME NASTY MUCUS THINGIES.... anyway, mine would get inflamed like golf balls after awhile and I lived on antibiotics... The dr. finally took them out after like forever of me getting sick... for soem reason they do not like to take tonsils out anymore.. especially when you are an adult.. I would go to the Dr. if it continues it could be the start of tonsilitis or something.. good Luck.. I know how NASTY it is

Sorry you are going through this

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Does it happen all of the time? It sounds like a viral infection to me.

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OMG Jess....I thought I was the only one who got that. I know it is gross...I usually take the end of my toothbrush and push at it and it pops out. I think it must be food that gets caught in the back of the throat. I don't know what to do to prevent that...but when you brush your teeth in the morning, you could poke at them with the toothbrush and prevent them from coming out while talking to someone.

I feel your pain!!

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hmmm..... ok so its not so unusual.

i wish i didnt have such a bad gag reflex! lol.

i always thought it was becuae i sniff alot when my nose is stuffy.

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It sounds like recourring tonsilitis. I used to get it about 6 times a year from age 10 - 20 something. Gargle with warm water mixed with rough salt (not the fine salt you use on food). ALso you can gargle with hydrogen peroxide, but that awlays made me gag.

The Dr. told me that there was not much to do about it, and I had refused to remove my tonsils because at the time I was a singer (The Dr. could not guarantee that removing my tonsils would not change my voice).

Mine eventually just stopped coming back, but they are super-nasty when you have them. I think I used to brush my tongue, my teeth, everything to try & get the taste out of my mouth. (sorry tmi there I guess).

See what your Dr. says about it. Maybe there are better treatments for it now.

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Wow! I thought myself and my best friend were the only ones.
I actually asked my Dr about them last year when I was there for strep throat. I told him it just happens randomly, not alwyas accompanied by a sore throat and he said (now, I don't remember exactly) but something about it being basically white blood cells clumping together (maybe to fight an infection?) and that for most people, it just passes through the blood stream, but for some, they come out in these pockets. I wish I'd written it down cause I don't think I'm explaining it exactly the way he did. At any rate, he made it sounfd like I shouldn't be concerned, that it's just a natural process of the body flushing this stuff out.

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I get these too...I thought this only happened to me, so I've never told anyone! They're gross!

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Posted by DonnaJoe708

I get these too...I thought this only happened to me, so I've never told anyone! They're gross!

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I get them too, I gargle with salt water...it's a natural reaction to an infection...but yeah, they really smell....

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does gargling get rid of them?!?!

theyre like really deep in there.


sooooooooo glad to hear im not the only one who has this and now knowing what it may be!

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time to get them out