Tonsil Stones

i had the same things, referred to them as seeds. I would actually use the handle of my toothbrush and poke them out just by prodding my tonsils from different sides. A bunch worked out, some the size of a pea or bigger! I squished on and it stunk to high heaven, so I figured that might be contributing to bad breath. I went to the ENT, told him I thought they were making my breath stink despite great brushing habits. He said, "So you want me to take your tonsils out?" and I said, "Yes." To which he responded, "Ok." And that was that. I literally requested he remove the tonsils because they were capturing the seeds and creating stinky breath. A week of being sore, and a month of having difficulty pronouncing the "L" sound in words, and I was healed and seed free!

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Think about it... they form around a small irritating piece of something, just like oyster pearls.

hey ya a get them too and to answer all your questions and reallly sovle this annoying problem then ONLY solution that works is to take a flashlight and look in your throat and gently rub it off with a toothpick...it doesnt hurt if u do it gently jus a little uncomfortable but IT WORKS....i get them very often and i have learned to put it behind me by simply doing that then brushing my teeth right after... the bad breath goes away and until the next tie i have one im fine!!!!!!!!!!! hope it helps you guys!

Earlier in the post history, someone mentioned nasal cleansing. I have been experimenting with ways to eliminate/control the stones and the nasal rinse so far has had the most dramatic effect. Of course, I have coupled that with increased oral hygene (salt water gargling, tongue scraping, etc.) Many have gargled with salt water, dilluted peroxide, or apple cider vinegar. I've 'soaked' several stones that I saved in each of these solutions and none of them actually dissolved the stone once it was formed. The apple cider vinegar, however, did seem to mask the odor quite well. So, once they are formed, there doesn't seem to be much you can other than pop them out. So the issue is how to prevent new ones from forming; I have been having some success with nasal rinsing but it's still to early for me to say if that is the cure for me. I make a rinse out of warm salt water and a touch of baking soday and just snort it up from the cup... kind or weird looking but it doesn't make me gag and I don't have to deal with cleaning a dropper/baster thingy.