White Little Bumps On Back of Throat Posted: 07-31-06 23:34pm
Can some one help me? I get once in a
while a white bump on the back of my
throat. I can feel it when is coming
out. I take them out and when I do they
smell horrible!!! What are they?
Someone out there gets them too??? Am I
alone with this??? Help
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cherry_pie
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Joined: 25 Jan 2004 Posts: 599
Posted: 08-01-06 00:52am
Nope, you're not alone. I get them too..
As im sure almost everyone does, they just
don't know it. How I found I had them was
when I would get this awful taste in my
mouth.. And I was getting frequent sore
throats. One day I was looking down my
throat at my tonsils and I decided to
touch them because I saw something that
didn't look normal. I did, and a bunch of
white (semi-hard) balls came out of the
pockets in my tonsils. They smelled
exactly like the awful taste that I was
getting in my mouth!!! Anyways... Ever
since I push on my tonsils every now and
then, and I have yet to get a sore throat!
Since then i've found that either its
food getting into the tonsil pockets...
Or infection (hence why I was getting sore
throats often). Also it doesn't hurt to
"clean" it out once in awhile. Hope I was
of some help.
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chinita666
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Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 5 Location: california
Posted: 08-01-06 10:38am
It's great to know that I am not alone!!
That is exactly what they are!! I take
them out too once in a while I get the
same taste in my mouth and that's how I
know I have to take them out! Thank you
for the reply!
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SeaBreeze
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Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Location: California
They Are Called Tonsilloliths Posted: 08-11-06 03:14am
My neice had been complaining about the
same thing happening to her. We'd
noticed her bad breath for years and I
kept suggesting that she brush better,
floss and brush her tongue. She kept
telling me she did and had asked her
dentist to help her but he said he didn't
know what it could be. Anyway, when she
said she found these white/yellowish bumps
lodged in her tonsils, I began to do some
research. I found out that they are
called tonsil stones or tonsilloliths.
It's a condition that is created by the
combination of debris and other acids in
the mouth cavity. So I bought her pepcid
complete, an acid reducer. To make a
long story short, she chews one berry
flavored pepcid tablet every morning right
after breakfast with a cup of water and
then brushes her teeth and tongue as
normal and she has nice breath all day.
She hasn't noticed any bumps in her
tonsils either. I really recommend
trying this, it's made her life so much
happier.
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chinita666
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White Bumps On Back of Throat Posted: 08-11-06 10:21am
Thank you for the information, I always
get them I when I notice the taste in my
mouth, I take them out! But it seems
like this is better. I have notice that
my son has bad breath and now I am
thinking that could be the problem. I am
going to check his troat. Thank you
sooo much for the information
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destepan
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Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 3
Posted: 08-16-06 17:33pm
Hi, the same thing happens to me
sometimes. The first time I was running
and suddenly I felt something in the back
of my mouth. It smelled horrible which I
recognized as the same smell people with
sinus problems have. Since then, I have
felt them in the back of my throat for
hours, but have been unable to remove
them, and suddenly they disappear. I
hate to think I have swalled them
unknowingly. Could someone explain
exactly how to remove them whenever they
are there?
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Fairy Godmother
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Tonsil Stones Posted: 08-16-06 18:02pm
Those little things are gross huh! My
ear/nose/throat Dr. Told me they were
from sinus drainage. I gargle with a
capful of hydrogen peroxide mixed in 1/2 c
water. As for picking them out, I use a
soft proxy brush and gently remove them.
Afterwards, I rinse/gargle with scope!
Glad to be aboard!!!!!!!!!!!!
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destepan
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Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 3
White Bumps Posted: 08-16-06 18:32pm
Thanks for the reply. I have read other
articles on the "tonsil stones" and they
conflict with what your doctor told you.
They are said to be food particles/residue
left in your mouth along with some
chemical reactions due to saliva and white
blood cells. Anyhow, I will try your
sugestion for removing them.
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WhisperofWings
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Joined: 20 Mar 2007 Posts: 1
Posted: 03-20-07 15:45pm
hurray!! i have those things 2, but they
arent bad..... they arent 2 large, that
is...... i researched them a bit cause i
was kinda scared, and i found they are
called tonsilitis...... god, some people
have REALLY LARGE ones, that are like the
size of ur fingernail..... mine are only
like half a centimeter big, so thank god!
yeah, they STINK! they smell
soooooooooooooooo bad and my mom kept
telling me how bad they smell. but, i can
get them out in a week, so until it comes
out i buy ice breakers or mints and suck
on them throughout the day. im glad im not
the only one with these.... if i was, it
would be REALLY embarrasing for me....
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mjb143
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Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Rifle
Posted: 08-03-07 13:44pm
I'm sorry to tell everyone this.. but they
are called tonsil stones, and they are an
infection.. my boyfriend had them so bad
that he eventually had to get his tonsils
removed because of them.
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Tmddyan
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Hey Posted: 08-05-07 14:35pm
yes weve come to that conclusion. i use my
finger to pry them out. lol
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nikifm
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Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Location: delaware
Thank God Posted: 08-18-07 11:18am
im so happy im not the only one with these
white balls in the back of my throat. I
left work early today because i was so
afraid. I told my gf that my throat has
been alittle irritated and she took a look
and said what she saw didnt look too good,
or normal. It was a white/yellowish ball
that looks like its in a hole alittle bit
or something. I've been noticing dry mouth
and bad taste recentley so i guess thats
the reason. Im afriad to try and take it
out, i dont wanna irritate it. I have no
other symptoms like fever or anything. so
im guessing its just puss or something? Im
gonna attempt salt water to see if it goes
away.
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sunnygirl06
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Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Location: , London
Hey Posted: 08-21-07 07:42am
ive had those little white bumps for about
4 years now and they never worried me
until about a month ago when i noticed
that i had one large one about the size of
a fingernail, and also little red bumps
aswell on the other side of my throat. I
wondered if it could be strep throat or
something like that but im not sure.
Please could somebody tell me what it is
because im really worried
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Corel
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Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 1
Those White Bumps Lol Posted: 12-08-07 01:05am
i am like so relieved that this is
nothing. b/c for a moment i thought that i
had contracted some type of disease. i
noticed them today, but yesterday my
throat was sore. this morning i felt them
in the back of my throat. they are hard to
reach so i grabbed the first thing i saw,
which was a q-tip, and tried to get one
off the tip of my tonsil, since it was the
nearest one. i tried all day to get it
off. and it finally came off, but it bled
a little, and yes i accidentally swallowed
it. but as for the rest
of them, they are way too far back to
reach, it's a bunch of them little no
namers back there hiding in the pocket on
the side. and yessss, they smell like who
did it and why. lol. this is the first
time this has ever happened to me. but
occasionally i will cough one up, only
one. but when i saw these things (tonsil
stones, which i just learned today) hiding
back there, i thought i was gonna die. i
began thinking that these things could
grow so huge and eventually cut off my air
supply. is that possible? anyone, anyone?
but good to know i'm not the only one. i'm
about to try and fish some more out!