I know exactly what you are talking about with those smelly gross things. My sister and I both get them and the more people I tell, I find out its actually really common. We called them tonsil rocks. Way gross and smelly but it feels much better when they are removed. You may need to have your tonsils out. From what I have been told the rocks form from puss, not mucus and are a sign of an infection (however small it may be). The liquid that came out was probably genital would definately see your doc soon to talk about maybe getting your tonsils out and save yourself a lot of pain.

Although my docter told me that they only take tonsils out nower days if it is very 'nesersery' (sp) so.. Like mine really needed to come out - I had g.F but no they wouldnt! Tough s* .Ha

I too had these pesty "tonsil rocks". This happened for about a year, I kept them cleaned out with a q-tip. I did research on the web at the time and it stated that they were calcified food and are extremely common. After a year they only appear very occassionaly. Fyi I understand that once you get older than 20 recovery from a tonsilectomy can be 3 to 6 mos. And extremely painful. When you research on the webistes try "halitosis" I also search webmd.Com

good luck, mo

They are called tonsiloliths "tonsil rocks" (not positive about the spelling). I get them, too. I lot of times mine pop out if I sneeze too hard! That can be embarrassing around other people...But I am certainly not going to swallow them!! I never talked to the doc about mine since I used to think they were normal for everyone. I would love to get my tonsils removed, but that's the least of my med problems right now, so i'll live with them. I do get tonsilitis and/or strep at least once a year (at 30 years old). Maybe that info will help!

when i was in 10th or 11th grade in highschool i clearly remember eating Altoids mints and the next day seeing a little white spot in the back of my throat. i thought it was a little bitty chunk of an altoid so i took a q-tip and pushed at its sides and just like a zit (but with solid puss) this "rock" popped out!! i then started noticing them on both sides of my throat and using a q-tip to remove them became common every month or so. they do stink and they would also pop out randomly whenever i would sneeze. they would rest on the back of my tongue and i would have to stick my tongue out and kinda heave to "hock" them off of my tongue into a sink or something. i havent really had them since i was a teenager though. maybe it DOES have to do mostly with good hygene. i'm 25 and havent seen them. but it got so bad to where i could just feel a little sharp tickle or rub on the back of my tongue and i would just know that it was one of those tonsil rocks. i too never told my doctor about them. i thought they were common even though none of my friends knew what it was.

The scientific name for these white globs is tonsilloliths.