Odd White/yellow Bump On Left Tonsil? Posted: 07-18-04 23:41pm
Found a odd white bump (cyst?) on left
tonsil do not know what it could be? I
have no symptoms at all, no fever, no soar
throat, nothing? It is about the size of
a pea but oval and it is the only thing in
the back of my throat. I had a itch there
about a week ago so I took a look to see,
and there it was. Do not know if I still
have an itch or if it is my mind playing
games? I do get canker soars from to much
juice some times and thought it was one,
but kinda looks like it has not changed in
size or soarness? Would love some
thoughts on this. Most of my canker soars
when I get them seem to be like a crater,
not a lump.
Thank you,
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 07-19-04 18:09pm
I get those bumps now and then.. I think
they can sometimes arise from irritations
of the tonsils (from food, acidic drinks,
etc). I would not worry unless your
throat starts to really hurt or you
develop a fever.
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lyricbaritone
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Minnesota
Tonsil Stones? Posted: 07-22-04 00:02am
Hi. I've been having small whitish
specks on my tonsils for several years.
I looked it up online the other day, and
came up with "tonsil stones". Don't know
if this is what you have, but it could be.
Basically, if your tonsils are large, junk
can get caught up in them, and then get
surrounded by more and more layers of junk
(kind of like a pearl, only uglier ). They smell
rank, and taste horrible!!! If you've
ever awoken with a small particle on your
tongue and an awful taste in your mouth,
then it's likely a tonsil stone. They
often pop out by themselves, but you could
try g e n t l y pressing the tonsil with a
q-tip to see if it comes out. Not
recommended, but i've done it before.
Mouthwash, salt water gargling, and
hydrogen peroxide gargling seem to help
prevent them.
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solomon
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 2
Posted: 07-23-04 17:09pm
You know what sounds odd is how does it
get loose? I mean it just looks like a
white bump and only one. Does food get
inside the crypts and then builds up with
fluid to give it the white/yellow bulge?
If I use a pick will I not let the yuck
fluid out, and still miss the crypt?
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mpallo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 16
Re: Tonsil Stones? Posted: 08-14-04 15:51pm
lyricbaritone
wrote:
hi. I've been having
small whitish specks on my tonsils for
several years. I looked it up online
the other day, and came up with "tonsil
stones". Don't know if this is what
you have, but it could be.
Basically, if your tonsils are large, junk
can get caught up in them, and then get
surrounded by more and more layers of junk
(kind of like a pearl, only uglier ). They smell
rank, and taste horrible!!! If you've
ever awoken with a small particle on your
tongue and an awful taste in your mouth,
then it's likely a tonsil stone. They
often pop out by themselves, but you could
try g e n t l y pressing the tonsil with a
q-tip to see if it comes out. Not
recommended, but i've done it before.
Mouthwash, salt water gargling, and
hydrogen peroxide gargling seem to help
prevent them.
had this for years before I had my tonsils
out from years of tonsilitis. They were
like craters. I could actually hack
them up..Some the size of a pea.
Smelled like rotten milk. I had huge
tonsils as well. Man am I glad they are
out.
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Doss
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 3
Tonsil Stone Posted: 10-13-04 17:12pm
How long do they last and will they go
away on their own?
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mpallo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 16
Re: Tonsil Stone Posted: 10-13-04 17:14pm
doss
wrote:
how long do they last and
will they go away on their
own?
they didn't...I think I had them for 4 or
5 years until it got progressively worse
and could not take it any longer and had
my tonsils out.
At least that was the case for me.
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lyricbaritone
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Minnesota
Nasal Drainage? Posted: 10-13-04 17:28pm
I've been using a neti pot lately, and it
seems to help -- i'm not getting stones so
often now. You can get neti pots at
whole foods or many yoga supply stores.
Essentially, you pour a solution of warm
salt water (1 tsp salt + 1 tsp baking soda
to 1 litre/quart of warm water) through
your nasal passages using this little pot,
and it helps to wash out anything that
might be causing irritation in your
sinuses, and causing drainage down your
throat. I never thought I had drainage
until I started using the neti, and
realize how much clearer my sinuses are!
Just an fyi
paul
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Doss
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Posts: 3
Re: Tonsil Stone Posted: 10-13-04 17:49pm
Is it safe to crush or pop them?
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lyricbaritone
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Minnesota
Posted: 10-13-04 18:28pm
If you're careful, I don't think it's too
dangerous, though other people disagree.
I use the rubber-coated end of my
toothbrush or a q-tip to pop them out, and
i've heard other people suggest using a
soft-tipped baby spoon. Just be careful
you don't push so hard you rupture
anything. If yours are like mine,
they'll likely pop out without much
effort. Know that it's only temporary,
however, and that they will come back.
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~*klo*~
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Nov 2004 Posts: 353 Location: eng
Posted: 12-15-04 16:20pm
Hello, I have had tonsilitus (sp)many
times. Also I have sufferd with glandular
fever last year. I to got those horrible
lil lumps. They smell like cows manua to
me. Lol. But any ho my tonsils are
massive and always red. Every time I go
to the docter( even if I ts not throat
related) he thinks I have tonsilitus,
which is wrong. He doesnt under stand me
when I tell him there always like this,
and gives me the normal perscription of
antibiotics! I dunno what to do?
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erdwin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 2 Location: ponchatoula
White Flecks... Posted: 10-21-06 20:55pm
Kinda late on this , but , when I was
growing up my cousin would always get
these. His parents were
smokers(ciggarettes and marijuana), and
smoked both like trains around him. I
never got those white flecks, my parents
did not smoke cigarrettes or marijuana.
After I got older, I started smoking
cigarrettes and fiddled with marijuana, I
noticed when I would stay at my cousins
house before I got odler, whe ni came
home, I would cough some of those flecks
up. Now that im older and many years
later after I ahve grown out of my "weed"
experimentation days, I still get those
flecks fro mtime to time. For eyars and
years, around the same time, I would get
reallly bad throat infections, this past
year, I had one severely infecting my
throat, nasal passages, ears and
esophagus. It literally made me cry!!!!
I said to myself enough of this,
obvisously it is a massive infection from
something, I think it is from cigarette
smoking, either way, if you are not a
smoker and dod not live with any, you may
be o na scene (bars clubs, resturaunts)
taht may cause the fleckjs. Any way, I
got tired of it, so I chagned my diet, I
alrleady ate super mega healthy, but what
I do differently now , is I eat as much
organic fruits vegatables and meats as I
can(as in, if it is available I wil lget
it, if not , I give in and get the non
organic item.) I also increased my intake
of anti-oxident nutritional suppliments,
either pills or foods.
I increased my intake of papaya and elder
berries(in caps cause I think this berry
is the greatest thing ever turned on to
man/womankind!!!!!!!!) elder berry will
detoxify you thoroughly!!!!! I studied
what made it so awesome. It is the
natural vitamin c and vitamin a in it
that does this, along with atleast 5 cups
of water a day.(use a measuring cup and
measure out 5 cups of water, not 5 tall
glasses of water, taht may be over kill,
also you can malnourish yourself withthat
much water, and or get water toxicity,
which is practically the same thing as
malnurishing yoruself by urinating all
your vitamins and minerals out of your
body.) topped with the vitamin a and c
and water, you can release a bucket load
of toxins. With vitamin a and c you can
over dose on them, even though it takes
alot of each vitamin, still, when making
elderberry syrup, liek I do, I make it
super condensed so it doesnt take alot to
get a mega packed punch of vitamins. If
you read up on elderberries, you see signs
of stupor sickness, those are also signs
of vitamin a over dose, so they got too
much of it. A couple days ago, I got
vitamin a caplets from gnc, I got the
10,000 international units, which I
discovered when I got home, is a good
hefty dose, I stick the capsule in my
mouth, crush it , and take about half of
it. If you are a lover of
sashimi(sushi), liek myself, take that
euphoric feeling you get from eating it,
and multiply it by 10 and that is the
feeling you get from the vitamin a
capsules. My vitamin a capsules are
derived from fish liver oil. I like as
natural asi can get and organic if it is
available. I started taking this
suppliment due to I am a smoker, and
cigarettes greatly reduce vitamin a and
vitamin c in the body. If you buy
vitamin c from a store, get ester-c, it is
a natural vitamin c from plants, beta
carotene. Vitamon a also greatly
increases night vision, and normal day
vision. Anyway, that right there stopped
my flecks , and stopped the throat nasal
etc etc infections in its tracks. Hope it
works for you. If you ahve any
questions, feel free to email/msg me. I
have alot of knowledge on vitamins and
herbs. I will spread what knowledge I
have for free. Knowing that the
knowledge I spread will eventually get to
someone else, and help them live healthy ,
is enough payment for me. Good night.
;p
p.S. ~ (throw away all generic
vitamins, gnc is the place to get them at,
there high quality and even though the
price may be steep, it is well worth it ,
cause they are cheaper then other places.
You can save alot of money at gnc by
gettign there gold card. The more you
spend at the time of gettign the gold
card, the cheaper the card will be, I
spent a good bit of cash there and got the
card for two dollars. If your local gnc
store is lik e mine in hammond louisiana,
the first week of every month there is a
%20-%40 off sale on a good bit of stuff
tehre.)
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pronetoillness
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 49 Location: san francisco!, california
What I Have Right Now Posted: 07-03-07 11:59am
so yeah; i stumbled on this forum and
here's my story...
well, I've had tonsil stones before . It's
not like it's anything new to me... I'm
glad I know what they are now. But what's
going on right now is that on my left
tonsil there's a white spot. It's almost
like.. a size of a small pea BUT it's not
a tonsil stone b/c I tried poking/scraping
it out with a Qtip, toothbrush, AND a
toothpick. I actually use the toothpick to
poke the white part b/c I thought it was a
tonsil stone and it wouldn't hurt. It
HURT. I felt everything. This is really
freaking me out b/c I thought it was a
tonsil stone but I don't think it is
anymore because I actually felt the white
part when I poked myself.
It seems like it's gettin bigger and
bigger and it hurts swallowing. When I
don't swallow it doesn't really bother
me... it's almost like a sore throat only
the left side of your throat.. like
there's something stuck there also.
HELP! :[
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erdwin
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 2 Location: ponchatoula
I Use to Get Those... Posted: 07-03-07 14:07pm
Every Year i Would Get those. it Would
eventually turn into Strepp Throat. Junk
and bacteria is stuck in there. I've
learned it was me Not Drinking enough
water to flush out toxins. It eventually
Built up in my Body and the Tonsils would
stop it from going to the brain.
Every year i pick elderberries and make
syrup and Juice from them, and drink
plenty of water, It has been 2 years since
i have had any trouble with my Yearly
Strep Throat. Hope this Helps. I am also a
smoker, and it dries the throat out and
causes infection to set on more.
Get you some Black Walnut Extrat and mix
it properly with water and gargle the
solution, it really helps out, also
Astragalus concentrate gargle. Milk
products and Sugar coat the throat and
make the bacteria grow faster. Spicy Foods
aggravate it and will make it worse.
Well, LAter on Chief.
Need any more info, Email me at [email
removed] Peace.
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puccaluv
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 07-03-07 14:36pm
That could very well be tonsillitis. If
more start popping up on the rest of your
left tonsil, and then spread to the rest,
it's probably that.
When you get tonsillitis, your throat is
never actually sore, but it feels more
like a muscular soreness (like that
feeling you get after exercising), but
only when you swallow.
Tonsillitis is also a sign of mono, so
watch out-- it happened to me.
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mkayla
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 1
READ THIS Posted: 01-25-08 01:18am
Well I to had one of those.It was just
white though.I to got all panicky.I
thought I might need my tonsils removed or
somethin.I even thought about making a
doctors appointment.But I just decided to
look it up first and look at a disscussion
board were real ppl were probably talking
about it.Then I read that it's food built
up and how someone used a toothpic to pick
theirs out which sounded really
disgusting.I did'nt want to touch it and I
could find a toothpic but I did find a
straw.So I tried to get it ou carefully
with that and it just started sliding
out.It was just a lil left over piece of
food.And I no I did not smell it
considering that it probably was stink
after being there 4 a while.But I got it
out now then I gargled with salt water.I
think this should go as a lesson to us all
to not only brush every night but gargle
to.
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Tmddyan
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Re: Tonsil Stone Posted: 01-25-08 13:55pm
Doss
wrote:
Is it safe to crush or pop
them?
i reach in and scrape them out. its not
gonna hurt you--unless you have a huge gag
reflex.
). They smell
rank, and taste horrible!!! If you've
ever awoken with a small particle on your
tongue and an awful taste in your mouth,
then it's likely a tonsil stone. They
often pop out by themselves, but you could
try g e n t l y pressing the tonsil with a
q-tip to see if it comes out. Not
recommended, but i've done it before.
Mouthwash, salt water gargling, and
hydrogen peroxide gargling seem to help
prevent them.
