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clio:
does anyone suffer with tonsil stones? How do you get them out??

Trey:
Yes.  There is a utube if you Google it.  Also my dentist will vacuum them out.  They usually eventually come out on their own.  From post nasal drip I think.

honeybun:
How do you know you have them.

Honeyb
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Trey:
They are little cream colored things, maybe 1/8 to 1/4 inch roundish in the tonsil crypt and they smell like sulphur.  If you open wide with mirror and light and sort of say ah they will often show.  You can also sort of feel their presence when you swallow.  They usually are hard to see until larger.  I hate them.. Thank goodness they are very infrequent.

Pandora:
Hi

I have had these horrible things. When I went to gp he said that it was thrush and gave me something to gargle.  It made no difference so I went back and saw another gp, he said I had a growth on my tonsil and made me an app with ENT. Of course by the time I got there they had gone, I swallowed it (yuk). They said to use mouthwash which I have ever since and they seem to be improving.  At the hospital the consultant said to use mouthwash with cordysol ( not sure of spelling)in it.

When they have come out it leaves a hole in the tonsil which you can see through a magnifying mirror.

Pandora

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