Halitosis, tonsils

[Guest sleepy]

I searched. Apparently no one else wanted to fess up.

For the past six or so months, I periodically have some kind of crap around my tonsils. I've gotten to where I can hack it up after a while, sometimes as one big chunk--little bigger than a pencil eraser, Skittle, or M&M--or sometimes as little chucks.

Disgusted yet? Today I hacked up one and took a whiff of it. Lawdy, lawd it was awful. Bad breath x3. I don't have bad breath according to "trusted friends;" regardless, I don't like this junk back there.

Anyone else had this? Reckon' having my tonsils extracted will help?

[Guest F16PilotMD]

Normal debris in the crypts of your tonsils. Why worse now? Who knows. I would not have your tonsils taken out for this. That sh8t hurts beyond your kid years. Some folks use a "water-pik" or mouth wash. It most definitely contributes to "bad breath". About the only docs who can give you reliable, more in-dpth info are ENTs. Dentists, flight docs, etc...waste o' time.

[Whitman]

I used to have that occasionally when i was younger. It's looks like colleflower right? That was disgusting. Good luck with that

[Mark1]

Good god man. This topic should have a disclaimer, but I got curious and found this:

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

Sounds like what F16PilotMD is describing, but has some details that might help you out. Suggests using a Waterpik to clean your tonsils but I would imagine that would be uncomfortable.

[Guest sleepy]

Many thanks, folks. Culprit identified.