little light beige formation things from the back of your throat? they're somewhat firm (not like a lugee or anything), yet soft (you can mash them) and they smell like really bad breath. it's hard to describe them. the first time i coughed one up it was smaller and looked like a piece of chipped off tooth, but then i squished it between my fingers and found that it was not. i can't feel them when i'm just sitting around, but sometimes i'll cough and one will dislodge and fly up into my mouth. it's pretty fucking weird.

i can't be the only one who experiences this. what do you have to say about it tww?

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 1:27 PM. Reason : clarification]

5/5/2008 1:26:41 PM

tonsilith

or aka

tonsil stone

5/5/2008 1:27:24 PM

are you a smoker?

5/5/2008 1:27:35 PM

bad oral hygiene

5/5/2008 1:27:54 PM

I just got sick

5/5/2008 1:28:20 PM

i don't smoke, but both my parents do/did when i was a kid.

brainysmurf: are they normal? could it pose a problem?

5/5/2008 1:28:58 PM

eh, just google them

5/5/2008 1:30:00 PM

I get those if I scream or yell or attempt to metal growl/yell or really do anything not normal for my voice. I always thought they were little pieces of food stuck down my throat. Bad oral hygeine would probably not be the cause. Brush 2x a day, floss once and mouthwash once. There aint more to do than that.

5/5/2008 1:30:23 PM

it's mucous/food collecting around your tonsils. they're fairly normal, and don't pose a serious health risk, other than some really bad breath.

removing your tonsils will take care of the problem, but that would only be for extreme cases or if you have other problems with your tonsils. they make products targets at breaking them up and preventing them from forming. check http://www.dentist.net/therabreath.asp for the "tonsil stone" kit

5/5/2008 1:31:46 PM

brainysmurf wins. ty.


this is exactly what mine look like

^^sometimes happens when i yell also

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 1:32 PM. Reason : ^s]

5/5/2008 1:31:46 PM

Yeah, I'll get the occasionally . . . I call it mouth boogers.

I have no clue where it comes from and probably get one every year or so. They're fucking gold when your friends are around, no-one believes something that small could smell so horrific.

5/5/2008 1:31:48 PM

yeah, they are tonsiliths. they aren't too fun. I used to get them about once every month or so, but then i started rinsing my mouth out before i went to bed at night and they're gone. Actually, to be more specific i started using a nonalcoholic mouth wash because it doesn't have sugars in it. the sugars otherwise sit in your mouth at night when its the most try and help aid in collecting bacteria, which is what, in turn, forms those tonsiliths.

5/5/2008 1:32:19 PM

i'm glad to know i'm not alone, but surprised i had never heard anyone else mention them before.

5/5/2008 1:35:04 PM

wow. get that picture the fuck out of my brain.

i'm about to vomit for the rest of my life.

5/5/2008 1:35:31 PM

I just always assumed they were chunks of food. Also, you have aids.

5/5/2008 2:11:25 PM

I get them about once a month or so. But mine are usually white, not a beige color. I wouldnt know what they smell like because I always eat mine, and yes, they taste terrible, but its a good terrible.

5/5/2008 2:18:55 PM

Quote :

"Brush 2x a day, floss once and mouthwash once. There aint more to do than that."

I have found this has improved my oral hygiene significantly, in combination with the above.

5/5/2008 2:22:36 PM

^^

5/5/2008 2:29:10 PM

i used to get them pretty often a few years ago but haven't had one for some time now. if they got big i could actually feel them on my tonsils. i would pick them out with a pen. i hated them.

5/5/2008 2:29:24 PM

Yet I ran out of floss sticks so now Im going downhill. Must buy more of those.


Also. Anyone else occasionally forget how to spell very simple words? I forgot how to spell buy for about 3 seconds. Wanted to do by or bye. Did that with "loud" last week. Wanted to do lode or load. Am I very slowly going retarded?

5/5/2008 2:29:48 PM

"Lung Butter" FTW!

5/5/2008 2:30:10 PM

I regret reading this thread

5/5/2008 2:35:16 PM

I wondered what that shit was. Happens every once in a blue moon and my god they smell nasty.

5/5/2008 2:51:53 PM

i haven't had a single one since my tonsils rotted out

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 2:57 PM. Reason : i used to get them all the time]

5/5/2008 2:57:08 PM

^my right tonsil burst in late 2003, it was quite painful. shockingly in about march of 2004 it started growing back. it wasn't until after this situation that i started getting tonsiliths.

at first i thought i was big balla cause my tonsils could grow back, but apparently its quite normal.

5/5/2008 3:02:55 PM

yepper, i've had them

now, if someone can tell me why, when i drink "regular" tea (not green or herbal, but just normal iced tea) or soda without eating anything with it, it burns when i pee until i drink 24+ ounces of water, i'll be happy

too much sodium? it's not cancer and it's not an STD

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 3:10 PM. Reason : .]

5/5/2008 3:09:42 PM

i didn't even know mine were gone until i went to the doctor with a throat infection and he asked "how long has it been since your tonsils were removed?"....

i gave him a blank stare and said "ummm....they weren't?"

he asked me if i was sure about that....and yeah...i was pretty confident I would have remembered that little tidbit...

it turned out to be strep and i've had strep throat twice since then and i had never had it before in my life

5/5/2008 3:11:12 PM

LOLOLOL^^^




[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 3:13 PM. Reason : its called fuckin cum...get that dick outa your mouth ]

5/5/2008 3:11:38 PM

its a throat booger.

5/5/2008 3:11:51 PM

haha I used to get those

I just spit them out, assuming they were food, snot or both

I never thought to smell them

strangely, I don't remember having them since I started smoking

5/5/2008 3:32:45 PM

tonsolith...they are calcium deposits...get a can of compressed air...a can will last like 3 years if you just use it to dislodge tonsoliths

5/5/2008 3:33:46 PM

You need to save them because it's actually little pieces of your soul trying to get out.

5/5/2008 3:33:51 PM

I used to get these, I haven't spit one out in a long time. I remember seeing them usually in the morning during a hot shower, always assumed it was some kind of phlegm and that the shower was freeing it up. Glad I haven't had one in a while.

AND TO THE DUDE THAT SAYS HE EATS HIS, SERIOUSLY DO YOU HAVE TO POST EVERY DISGUSTING THOUGHT THAT POPS IN YOUR HEAD. I'D RATHER SEE GOATSE

5/5/2008 3:37:13 PM

im sure spraying compressed air into your mouth is a great idea...

5/5/2008 4:21:22 PM

Quote :

"get a can of compressed air...a can will last like 3 years if you just use it to dislodge tonsoliths"

this is pure gold

5/5/2008 4:30:02 PM

Quote :

"tonsilith or aka tonsil stone"

5/5/2008 4:31:24 PM

phlegm? Thats what I always called it. I would get them really bad last year when I had an upper respiratory infection. They were GROSS. It's awkward when you laugh and they fly out of your mouth in a social setting, too.

5/5/2008 4:35:51 PM

seriously...dont inhale it though...but canned air is seriously the best solution to this....it literally takes 5 seconds to get them all out

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 4:37 PM. Reason : ^u are thinking of like snot]

5/5/2008 4:37:03 PM

Quote :

"seriously...dont inhale it though...but canned air is seriously the best solution to this....it literally takes 5 seconds to get them all out"

please don't do this

one could end up going down your trachea and lodge itself in (most likely) your right lung and give you a pretty bad pneumonia.

5/5/2008 4:39:36 PM

oh gtfo with that baby ass shit

[Edited on May 5, 2008 at 4:40 PM. Reason : like my healthy ass will get pneomia...how insulting ]

5/5/2008 4:40:19 PM

esp since its a wad of bacteria, and white blood cells, and some calcium

a waterpik has been suggested as a useful removal tool

5/5/2008 4:41:48 PM

if that shit goes in my throat i hock it up..but most actually shoot out the mouth cause the force of the canned air in a tight space causes it to go out the mouth

5/5/2008 4:43:02 PM

^I'm impressed with your attempt to show off knowledge of physics.

5/5/2008 4:44:04 PM

5/5/2008 4:47:01 PM

Quote :

""Lung Butter" FTW!"

mouth boogers =/= lung butter.

5/7/2008 1:20:27 PM

just sneezed about three times and a huge one came up

6/29/2008 4:13:54 PM

i got some on my left side currently...gonna get some canned air tomorrow and get them all out...first day at my internship i got my right side and a fuck ton came up

6/29/2008 4:15:40 PM

....even your daddy knows that yo suckin down chocolate like daddyoes...

6/29/2008 4:19:37 PM

BOIL 'EM, MASH 'EM, STICK 'EM IN A STEW

6/29/2008 4:20:25 PM

i use to want to look at it under a microscope

6/29/2008 4:21:26 PM