I went to laugh at a joke and 3 small pieces flew out of my mouth. I wanted to cry but nobody actually saw it. I used paper to retrieve them and later investigated. How can something so small, stink so bad. I thought something was wrong in my stomach or something really bad was happening. THANK you all for helping me relieve the tension and worries. I will let my sister know about this website. I am crying with laughter at these posts. So tonight while I was trying to dig one of those horrible chunks out of my throat, I gagged so hard from the q-tip that I vomited totally out of control.

Sprayed across my mirror and all over me, as I was running for the bathroom I almost fell.. Its funny as can be now that I look back, but I will now forever have a phobia about digging into my throat again. I start getting excited as I get more and more of them out and I too, start gagging uncontrollably. It only stops me long enough for me to catch my breath and for my eyes to stop watering, though.

My family has been aware of these little nuggets for years. Thank you so much for this post. I have been noticing a nasty taste in the back of my mouth and my ears have been bothering me, Lately my husband has been saying my breathe smells bad so I was thinking maybe I have a cavity or something. Tonight I sneezed and one of those stink bombs came flying out of my mouth. I continued to cough and a couple more came out. I was horrified and distusted all at same time! Thanks again for the info and for the laughs that I got from other post.

I thought I was just a gross individual! Omg, these comments are cracking me up. I started getting these when I was a teenager and asked my dad about them once. I did this to my ex-wife she was giving me a hard time about it embarrassing me ridiculing me about trying to get the nasty stuff coming out of my throat. She ran to the bathroom and threw up. I laughed said now you see why dig my throat so much!!! Thise things taste as bad as they smell! I get them to in the back of my throat from time to time.. I never tried to take them out.

Once in awhile if i sneeze or kind of cough they will come out! Does anyones tonsils hurt like underneath their jaw on a throw it sore to touch?? And if you look in the back of my throat it looks disgusting. Yes, my under jaw area was sore to the touch. My ears hurt a bit and I had a sore throat. Coughed two up this morning and bam, all pain eased up. This has just started to happen to me much more frequently and others are saying similiar things. It could be increasing because of stuff in the air, for example possibly chemtrails. I am seriously considering consulting with an ENT about getting tonsils removed.

The best part of this thread for me is the fact that all of us at some point coughed up something strange and immediately smelled it. Our brains are wired to know that smells like that are indicative that something is wrong, and I think that is why an overwhelming percentage of us that get these automatically assume that we have cancer, tumors, etc. Let me also note that it is normal for you to want others to experience this unpleasantness to the guys that made their ex-wife and kids smell theirs as well.

I googled this and by fluke found this article and comments I have a stitch I am laying on the couch laughing that hard, thought I had some sort of throat cancer!! The first time I had one of these I thought I had strep white dots in the back of the throat being one of the symptoms of strep and got so freaked out and almost called the doctor. I could see how this could cause bad breath! I first noticed I had this issue when I was about 17 years old. I was scared something was wrong with me. I popped a big one out and saved it in a plastic bag to take to the doctor.

I immediately became terribly ashamed and thinking I was alone. For years I would try to force those things out terrified someone would find out, especially a boyfriend! Since the Internet I have been able to learn more about them and even how to keep my tonsils free of these things. I have learned where all my crypts are and where they lead and I flush them with a syringe with salt water. I always know when I am needing to because I get a taste of something weird sometimes then I clean them out the next chance I get.

Haha I love the comments. I asked my younger brothers about them once they had no idea what I was going on about so I left it. I always had inflammed tonsils growing up. Has anyone been to the doctors? I was honest with him though and he told me he had the same problem, but not so often. So I decided to Google it and stumbled upon this very post. Thanks for the reliable info and for giving me a good laugh everyone!

Different alphabet, different spelling rulkes, different pronunciation rules, and in many cases different words. I always thought it was chunks of tortilla that got stuck in the back of my throat. I asked my doctor and he had no idea what I was talking about. I desperately want to dig them out and sometimes get sore throat as I mess around with my tensile.

Fortunately I only get them every couple of weeks or so. I hate these things…. Usually they come out when I use listerine. It somehow just lifts them out of my mouth. Ive been picking this out of my throat with a pencil for years. Deadly scared of being caught in this compomised position. For some reason they disappeared for years, and only started again at around Might get my hands on a syringe and do the salt water cleaning thing.

Nice to not be alone though. I had those white smelly stuff from the time I was small now I am a woman. My mother took me to the doctor and he give me antibiotics and that cleared it up for a while. I really hate them and the very first time it came out and ya squeeze it and smell that scent alone is very deadly. Thank God for being alive after smelling those white stink bombs. My throat was hurting just are the right side along with my right ear..

I just pushed it all out and yes it is nasty there were 3 big ones and 2 small ones… I gagged and threw up… but my throat and ear instantly felt so much better when it was all out and over…. I have had these for months.

I had no idea what it was. I had gone to the dentist thinking i had cavity but found none. I am so glad I am not alone. I can imagine what my husband has gone through with my bad breath. I have been getting them for awhile now, but had no idea what they were. I was soooo self conscious to even kiss my boyfriend.

Btw, those who wrote the anecdotes for the cancer thing, and the pencil really made me laugh out loud, maybe if I keep laughing that hard, the stones will come out! I first experienced these a the age of 11, and they seemed to show up from time to time after that. But thanks to this blog, I do now. And knowing is is half the battle. I never thought to look inside my mouth to see where these were coming from, and today I discovered a large one that was attributing to my ear ache.

It all makes sense now. These death smell balls were causing my bad breath and ear aches!! I always thought the three were separate problems but now I can place all the blame on the stinky balls of death!! After reading these comments, I strapped my camping headlamp and got to poking. Great to know the source and love reading all the hilarious comments. Beats doing calculus homework. The other day I was discussing some work stuff with a colleague and one must have dislodged and was sitting in my mouth. First world problems but still, that shit is RANK.

For anyone that suffers from these, go to a drug store and buy some Biotene. I never knew they had a name, thanks for the interesting article! Ok i have had thse little nasty buggers since i was a little kid i would ask my parants about them they would look at me funny i always get these big ones stuck in the back of my throat and would start makeing a growling type noise like i was trying to get a lougie out my throut and get yelled at being told the noise aind proper and to go blow my nose thought about asking my doc but never had to hack one up when at the docs just glad its not some thing i realy need to b fearful off.

This is literally the nastiest thing ever. I read the word methane so I decided to do an experiment. If you light them on fire they crackle and pop. I noticed these things about and nobody knew what I was talking about I get them from time to time and you can always know when they there. Cause your breathe smells horrible like even after you brush your teeth. Some hilarious comments on here but i was scared too thought i had some sort of mouth cancer. Definetly gunna get some kick ass mouth wash next payday these things smell like satans vagina. These comments are hilarious.

I have gotten these since I was a kid. Only one friend of mine I knew got them also. So glad other people get them. My boyfriend thought I was an anomaly.


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A friend and I were sitting in my room and I coughed one up into my hand. That you and your friend still laugh over something from back in the day cracks me up. Fave comment so far. I thought my brain was over growing and is coming out via mouth.. Just thought to give it a search in Google, when it came out just now and alaas.. So the quoted statement above seems a bit odd.

Maybe they grow in some scar tissue in my throat? I really want to know how I can have them without tonsils. OMG I was wondering what that horrible smell was in the back of my throat! I looked back there and noticed a white chunk on the side of my right throat. So I decided to take a q tip and poke at it and it came out. Along with a bunch of other little white pieces. They smelled like butt so I decided to look it up and here I am! Finally some answers, those things are so irritating. They happen so often for me, and in a big amount ugh.. This article was very useful. I have had these since a kid.

Back then they were small and I would spit them out. I finally took a look and noticed something white. I pulled it out and it was HUGE! Ever since then i have been forming ones not that big, but rather large. I just stick my finger in and push them out. I wish there was a way to stop these or shrink them without mutilation. Sure enough, after pushing out the biggest suckers with a Q-tip, I did it for a little over a week, the folds in my tonsils shrunk, and these nasty bastards have almost never shown up again.

Stick with the program for 2 weeks. The earliest memory I have getting these was in high school , and I remember asking my doctor about it. His response still makes me shake my head today. In any case, I still get them often. I am soo self concious about having bad breath! I have even visited an ear nose throat doc. His only recommendation was to remove tonsils.

I find more support and informtion by reading comments from others who actually deal with these things. So felt the need to share? My goal was to find the right tool to get these nasty fowl things out of my throat! What I use is a tool for pimples! Double yuk I know! But I do not use it for pimples, I use it only for my throat and clean it after each use with rubbing alcohol or peroxide. It has two ends. But I only use the other end which is a round loop slighty curved. After I remove the tonsil thing I clean the tool and gargle with diluted peroxide!

Its annoying to have to deal with this. But the alternative is worse. My friend just had his tonsils out. He was in pain for two weeks after. This is one of my first experiences with one of these. They are pretty much behind the tonsil but I can see them. Any suggestions of how to avoid the gag reflex? Use all finger but your thumb on your left hand. Take the tips of them an push into your palm. Almost squeeze really tight while creating pressure on your palm. I finally found an easier way to get rid of the stones than having to push them out with a Q-tip.

It also works great as a floss alternative. Basically this thing shoots a targeted stream of water out the tip at varying pressure. At the highest setting it can be extremely powerful so I recommend setting it at 2 or 3 at the highest for the delicate tonsil. Then look in the mirror and squirt the little suckers out.

You will be amazed at how easily they come out into the sink and it is so much more gentle on the tonsil and for those that have a bad gag reflex.


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I just found that using a wash rag wet or dry works GREAT you take the rag and rub it against the white part. Hope this helps me like its help yall. I have a small white one on my tonsil. I it hurts when I swallow. So… we drink 11, gallons of liquid, produce 10, gallons out of our mouths, and… never pee?

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Well it all depends on how big your bladder is and how long a lifetime is!! But I think I manage about a pint a day approx. Thank you, I went to any ears, nose and troat Doctor and asked him what they were a couple months ago and he said it was food. I have had them since I was a Child. This makes me feel much better. I had asked by family and no one else had them.

Drin more water — they are a symptom of dehydration. Just a small glass of water with your meals will do it. I am so glad to finally know what these little things are, I like a lot of others was scared to ask the Dr about them thinking it was something really bad. I have had them since I was achild.

Only when I have a real bad sore throat do I see whitish areas on the tonsils. I have lost my appetite for good. I have been blessed. The high pressure water could do damage to the soft tissue causing severe injuries to the tonsils. I wish the author would do a better job researching before posting bad advice. It is however, good to spread information about this condition. However disgusting it may seem we are can all be affected by similar afflictions!

I get those nasty things often. I believe I usually get them from soft tortillas…so gross!!! I blame most of mine on Taco bell. Thanks for your info. I was scared I had Cancer of the Lungs. I have COPD real bad. Get your dentist to give you a syringe with a curved tip on it. My son started getting tonsil stones about a year ago at the age They made his breath stink and every morning he had to dislodge these things from his throat. I took him to a ETN specialist who recommended a tonsillectomy. He does not regret he surgery. Tort I was d only one to get these!

Ive been getin them for years and nevr thought to go to the doctor. I use to try n poke dem out a toothpick!! But they use to irritate me so much I had to get them out. I stopped getting them for a while but recently started to get them again. Now im sitting here suffering frm tonsillitis. Doc prescribed me with antibiotics n today there are like millions of dese little things.

Im itching to get them out wiv my toothpick but it sometimes hurts but I dnt wanna irritate my already very sore toncils! Im glad its nothing serious but its not very pleasant. Nasty smelling too ewww but luckily dont have bad breath! Have had them for a while I was youn when I first got them started to get them often when I smoked marijuana the. While elements of the Marijuana may help with your breathing, smoking anything is not good for the lungs.

Try switching to vaporizing and see if that helps. There will less carcinogens and no smoke to inhale. Yes, this could be a contributing factor somehow. Do you eat really fast when you get the munchies? Maybe particles get stuck? I had this problem all through my late teens until I was about I thought I was going crazy. My mouth alway felt like I needed to brush my teeth, even after I had just brushed my teeth! But I never saw anything, It was always just a bad taste. About a year later I got a white chunck out into the palm of my hand.

I was freaking out. The Doc was very Ho-hum, no big deal…this stuff gets caught in your tonsils etc. I wanted those tonsils GONE. The following week, I had my tonsils out and it was like Nite and Day! I was so scared because I am a smoker and I thought it was a sure sign of cancer. Then I tried to feel it and when I rubbed my nail against it it popped out and smelled awful!!!

But I would love to know a suggestion on how to slow them down or make them stop besides getting my tonsils removed! They seem to go hand in hand for me. If you want to figure it out, keep a food diary and see if cutting out certain foods helps. I recommend dairy first. I am 49, I never had them until last month. I kept feeling like something was in my throat, and all I would do was try to clear my throat. Anyway I noticed I all of a sudden have a lot of sneezing, runny nose, type symtoms.

I sneezed so hard it came flying out. I was amazed at the most foul smelling thing ever. A few minutes later as I was clearing my throat, little pieces started coming out. Now, A month later the same thing the sneezing, ect. Feeling of something stuck in my throat. I started trying to cough it up, all of a sudden I saw something on the bathroom floor the size of a marble.

But now today I feel that something stuck again, not as bad, but annoying. I hope this is allergy related and not a new thing to stay. I get them once every few months, but I am never sick and I also have never had tonsillitis. Glad to know what they are though.

Due to my experiencing copious throat infections, my parents had my tonsils removed when I was nearly 5 years old. I am forever grateful for the attention and wonderful care my parents bestowed upon me. I get them solemnly, but I usually swallow them. When I actually got one, I smelled it and I almost passed out. For real ive been killing myself laughing here at these comments. But this is serious.. He said it was rotten. And that was me with my back to him haha. To add to this. Im also a bit intolerant to milk.. I always thought it was just me and the other couple of people I knew that said they got them.

God… I have been embarrassed for years and asked my doctor, who said that it was normal, what they are. And he said the same thing this article said. I get a Q-tip and just pop them out. I sometimes have messed with it so much it bleeds. Think what a weapon of mass destruction these things can be. Like, if you work as a food server, and have a particularly rude, hateful customer… pop one of these things out and hide in their food.

Has anyone actually looked at these white bumps under a microscope because the image is bothersome. I want to look at them under a microscope! Mine come and go over the years. I also told my doctor a few years ago and she said it was just food stuck in my throat. I never believed it. Oh holy crap… you people are funny! I think it is amazing to read your comments. I think the person who mentioned something about vitimins might be on to something.

It seems to happen more if I use something high in vitimins… EX. I had an Emergen-C this morning, and then this happened out of the blue. Last time I had one I could feel it in the back of my throught.

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Jeez this crappy smelling substance keeps on coming back and when I get rid of them its just so painstaking to scrape them off. I think 4 weeks on the process… Men the smell was terrible but you get used to them… But its so embrassing and kissing my bf is way too not to go.. Now I am just pissed off to the MAX. I have had this issue all my LIFE! I am 39 yrs old just now learning of this.

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Guess what I will be setting up an appointment for…. All the ear infections, strep, just sickly for all these years over my tonsils. I have been coughing up these things forever the gag me for like a good half hr before I finally cough them up and they smell horrible! And then when I bring bring them up to people o just get a weird look but now I know they are normal.

Its been bothering me for about 2 days now. I never had bad breath problems but mouth wash did help them from resurfacing. My doctor said they were mainly caused by dehydration! I had really bad tonsillitis when I was about 12 had to miss my school Christmas party! Periods, my friend, periods. Went to docs with a sample and all he said was it was nothing.. It was always gross when i used to see these little crap things.. Thanks all for the funny funny comments. This made my day at work.. I spent my whole lunch hour reading and laughing at this stuff….

I too have had these since a teenager—always thought I was nuts. Over the last years I got so sick of them, so I let some dry and when dried up they look like dried mucous. I get sick frequently bronchitis, pneumonia, colds, etc and wonder if these nasty things are contributing to it?? Anyone else tend to get sick frequently?

Hello im 23 years old just started getting this shiet some months ago. I really hate them. I just want to remove them to fried them cook and eat those suckers. At first I thought it was oatmeal eaten from the day before. I get them during the Winter and these god awful little chunks are funkyyyyy!

So glad I stumbled on this article.. I bearly got them,but I pushed them out with my finger tip,after that you can use hydrogen peroxide as mouth wash. Thank God for this website. Over the years of battering to get them out found out the best was is to get a flat-head precision screwdriver and scoop them out. Sounds nasty but it works! The first time I saw this big chunky white balls dropping out my throat I ran to the ER I was sooo freakin scared.

Now I know I am not lone in my struggles. My son and I alway get these things. I only get them when I smoke. And my son gets them when he drinks milk. You have to find out what it is that your eating drinking smoking or doing that causes the stinkers to come. So glad to find this out. I thought I had some holes or pockets in my teeth that were creating these white balls. Due to its foul odor I thought it was just food. The reason I Googled this cos I have suffered for years from these small lumps,often coughing them up in the night…… But I had my tonsils out many years ago, which it says rarely happens.

Guys im pretty sure its milk. After coming in here n reading I thought maybe milk. Ive an intolerance to milk.. OMG i thought i was going out of my mind, forever brushing and eating mints or gums. First time I found one I was working out and I caughed really hard and passed gas at the same time. I thought I tasted the gas in my mouth and then I felt the pea sized particle in my mouth. I almost Puked instantly and spit It into my hand.

I inspected it and showed my buddy and he almost puked too! I had to leave my workout and really did think something was horribly wrong! So glad I finally found out after years!! I am so glad I stayed up to read all of these responses……I can so relate to all of this…. I had them for years, and dealt with the unbelievable stench that these things would emit…. Oh yeah and attempting to chew it to figure out what food it was was the worst idea ever!

I just finished reading all the comments and literally have tears streaming down my face… So funny! I started getting them in college after getting mono. My bf noticed he had then and then soon after, i coughed one up. Now 15 years later I still get them. They are quite large every time like a marble. I also have bad breath and blame these chunks. The small ones are about the size of a pencil eraser and are very hard to get out.

The hole is so large I can literally stick my middle finger in it. I read through some of this comments and I was seriously cracking up, at work. Like many I am glad I am not the only one. Those little things stink like poop mixed with more poop…I will try some of the suggestions here.

Pheeeew I am not the only one…hahaha thank you all for the input. After many bouts with ear and throat infections, i had my tonsils removed at 17 yrs old, and have never had another one since. I am amazed at how many had these and suffered with dread not knowing what it was! I had an issue with the gross smell in my throat, and a few times when id cough or sneeze, one of those stinky things came flying out, heres the catch… had my tonsils out at 3.

I use to get these got my tonsils removed, and poof never had them again!!! I was 26 when I had my tonsils removed it was very painful but it was worth it now because no more sore throat or tonsilitis!!! It literally took me 2 days to finish reading all these comments haha. I always thought it was some leftover food but 2 nights ago I was laying in bed and felt the same discomfort in the back of my throat.

I starter hacking away and this huge chunck came out flying. Since this was my first big one, I thought for sure I was getting closer to death so I did what any normal person would do in my situation to self diagnose and Googled it. I think people are on to something when they say that milk and sugar makes it worse. Good luck to everyone on their quest to rid themselves of these balls from hell! I recall my first one coming up during class when I was in elementary. It was about as big as pinky nail. I was freaked but to embarrassed to tell my teacher. So I wrapped it in some Kleenex but when I got home it was brownish n dried out.

On many occasions growing up I would try to preserve one long enough for a doctor to examine it, but no luck. Im 39 now n eat things that i didnt for over 30 years, vegetables in particular. I wonder if wat we eat plays any role in their forming. I still get them all the time.

I enjoy pushing it out with a cotton swab since I was Now I am I sometimes use it to annoy my elder sister. Just wanted to chime in here… Seems like significantly reducing dairy also minimized these tonsil stones for me. Looks like dairy is to blame for a heck of a lot of weird health maladies.

Reduce your dairy intake for a period and see if that helps you. I first noticed one of those when I was about 8 years old. I suddenly found that I had to swallow something right at the back of my throut, yet I had not eaten anything. So I thought no, I want to know what this thing is. With a herculean effort I managed not to swallow it and spit it out instead. It was a cream colour on the outside and darker towards the inside. Words fail me for the stink that came off that tiny thing. The worst bit about it is that I was convinced there was more because you could see where it had cracked off from another piece.

I have too much gag reflex to ever to much about it, but a sure fire way to get them out is to take a really fast hike up a really high mountain with a heavy back pack. Just about when you think you are about to die and you are breathing so heavy that your throat sticks to itseft in pain from all the wheezing, they pop out. I know how you can get rid of them!!!! I had those too for several years and I was convinced that something in my diet had something to to with those white chunks, because at some point I had more than other times. The inconsistency in my diet matched the random burst of that crap.

I started to experiment with different things and sure enough when I went of caffeine coffee, tea and energy drinks for 2 months and they went away. I cheated a few time with coffee and they came back of course I quit coffee for good. So I would encourage you either try quitting the caffeine for a while and see where that takes you or experiment with your diet. Also try to spread the word because I know its a HUGE inconvenience, and its easy and chip to get rid of it.

I thought it was rice. It was my intention to take them to a doctor to show, because I was disturbed by it. The smell is unbelievable, and really wretched like something had curled up in my throat and died. My son came out after school today rolling one of these stink balls in his fingers after coughing it up asking me to take it and check out how it feels and how bad it smelt..

I find they are worse when I eat dairy products. I press the side of my neck just below my ear and they pop out. They do give me a terrible soar throat. Been panicking as just finished 10 days of antibiotics and white spot has come back. I felt really alone with this I thought eventually I would die from it and no one would know the cause of death lol happy to know im not alone thank god.

Tiny little pebble like substance. Seems hard but breaks up easily enough under a thumbnail. When I first encountered this, it seemed as likely to be a chunk of a lung tumor I coughed up. I know your pain. Try scraping the area with a dry toothbrush. I need to get my tonsil removed bad. Thankful for the site. Just removed large mutant curd from my tonsil pocket…. Helped calm me down, from thinking was something worse…1st time this ever happened to me.

I always called them throat chunks. Ever since i had mono when i was in high school, it left deep pockets in my tonsils and fill with the chunks periodically. Or else I get the small chunks about once a month for no reason. I remove by opening my mouth wide, pushing my tonsils as forward as i can, then use my index finger to push them out. I never smelled them up close till i read these comments. I wish there was a product to reduce these from building up!

I freaked out tonight after checking my sore throat with a flashlight and found a white chunk the size of my fingernail, my mom even told me last night that my breath smelled like death, so embarrassing. Some of these comments have actually helped me to better address dealing with death breath. I am 73 and have got them since childhood.

Both parents also had them. The doctor I consulted also had them!! He thought it was a fungus, and a throat specialist said it was food which attracted the same bacteria as tooth decay. The solution is a tonsillectomy or deal with the problem for a lifetime. Gargle with something after. They seem to go away after a course of antibiotics or Transfer Factor Plus. I am so glad i googled this info. I have been getting it for years, randomly, but lately a lot more than usual. The smell is disgusting!! I notice them this yeas as i though its particles of food stuck on my throat but im wondering what this are as its smell awful!

So i do search and found this article. Thanks to this i have an info now. The different names they are given is pure comedy. Asshole balls, is the BEST!! I thought it was part of my dead brain cell when I sneezed it out. It did look like tiny little brain. Am I the only one who loves the smell? I smelled it many times. I either spit it out immediately or accidentally swallow it. People talking about getting their tonsils removed because of them are so dumb.

They make me gag and sometimes throw up a little in my mouth. But please carry on about how you know exactly what causes everyone else discomfort. Clearly written by somebody who has never experienced them. I thought I was the only one who had these?! I have always kept Respiratory infections like Strep Throat, upper respiratory and tonsillitis.

That may be a reason! However, my breath does not smell like them! Thanks for all the information and all the laughs! Another glad to know faceless man that has always had them but ashamed and disgusted to talk about them. So glad I found this website! I always thought they looked like white tic-tacs stuck in the back of my throat.

It happened again this week and my whole left side of my throat got really sore and my ear hurt. I was able to get it out with my finger, but they are puke-atrocious. Laughed my butt off at all the names people had for these barf-bits. Surprised people are still commenting on this thread. Doc has referred me to a throat doctor at the hospital. Hope that helps to improve. I have suffered these awful things for a long time and thought they were trapped peanut peices from peanut butter.

I have had these for years, i find gargling lessens them, i had like a sore throat, so with the back of a toothbrush, i started kinda low where it was sore and pushed with an upward stroke and wow 2 about the size of Corn Kernels popped out! Very informative on this site. I have had these since I can remember. So now you see the White Thing and wonder what the hell it is. So you pick it up and notice right away its like a piece of cottage cheese, and then you smash it in your fingers and naturally as a human being, you then sniff the White Thing. That was the wrong thing to do since you now know its the worst smelling piece of garbage you ever smelled before.

So you throw it away. Now your thinking about it constantly trying to figure out what the hell it is, maybe a little afraid too. You ask your friends about their experiences with White Things and they look at you like your crazy. Now you either move on or go to a Doctor depending who you are.

Not just Black people. Thanks for the great info. They were small and tiny and I would sneeze or cough and they would come out. I touched it for the first time it came put. The smell on my fingers oh boy. I would never do that again. I appreciate the info.

Dont know if I want to get my tonsils removed but. I called them stink bombs lol. And what a joy. Considering they look like pieces of cottage cheese eew that seems to make sense. I dont know why,but i thought i was coughing up pieces of my brain and by the time i hit 50 id b done with. I caught one up just now brushing my teeth and thought why not google it as i was always wondering my whole life whats that stinky little things are..

I suffer from these aswell. I have had strep every year since I was a kid. Although mine are super small and not that hard… Seems like when I use my stonepicker aka hooked dentist tool I have a hard time trying to get them out because my tonsils are kinda far back and always seem slightly swollen. I wish I could just cough them up, but it seems mine are softer I guess. Any ideas for me? But I already do.

Wish there was an easier way. First noticed I had this about a month ago. Felt like something was caught in my throat and when I inspected there was a big white chunk sticking out of my tonsil. Worked it out with my pinky and to my surprise another one just as big came out behind it. Really freaked me out but I just figured it was something random. I kept checking periodically after that and sure enough more popped up but most were smaller than the first time.

I have always thought I was the only one with these things. A good way to remove them is using a forceful stream of water. There are also products available, like the WaterPik. For preventing them, it is important to do nasal irrigation often, which is basically a stream of warm saline water that flows into the nostrils and runs run the back of the throat into the mouth. Dissolve some oxygenating pills in the saline water to combat the bacteria that produce the stones. Gargling with the oxygenated saline water will help too, as well as doing the basics like brushing, flossing and tongue scraping.

My throat is hurting and the right side is swollen. I looked and saw a white spot and thought it was a puss pocket. Nope so much worse, I dug out like 6 little chunks. Thought I was the only one in the world with this problem. To say it is embarrassing is an understatement. Now I know it is a real condition, I could try to manage it more proactively. I must have used drums of mouthwash trying to manage this problem and admittedly, it has improved but I hate having to deal with it. How do I get it out? I had the same thing about a month ago, but it turned out to be a mouth ulcer on the back of my throat.

Try having a look in a mirror with a small torch, could be the same. Also opt for antibacterial rinses after brushing and flossing for an added attack on bad breath. This is an obvious one; however, if you find that you eat a lot of pungent foods like onions or garlic then your bad breath could be due to your diet. The only way to get rid of the smell is to allow your body to fully digest it. Therefore, if you have a diet heavy in odorous foods, it might be time to make some lifestyle changes. Also referred to as xerostomia, this condition is known to cause bad breath.

Since saliva helps to remove plaque and neutralize acids from the foods and beverages we consume, without it the dead cells begin to break down. This break down and decomposition of cells can cause bad breath. Dry mouth can be due to mouth breathing, taking certain medications or a salivary gland issue.

Talk to your Stuart, FL dentist if you experience persistent dry mouth. If you are dealing with pneumonia, bronchitis or a sinus infection, this could be to blame for your bad breath. This is because the mucus from your sinuses can sometimes travel into the pharynx. This is particularly common for those who are mouth breathers. However, your bad breath should go away once your infection has cleared.