My wife complained about my bad breath for months.
So the stinky breath persisted, albeit mysteriously.
One day, however, I woke up and noticed a white cap on my right tonsil.
What are tonsil stones?
Tonsil stones are basically anything in your mouth that becomes calcified and lodged into a crevice in your tonsil.
Sometimes, theyre little pieces of food youve long forgotten were still in your mouth.
They can also form from saliva and mucus, however.
As these substances are pressed into the craters, they eventually develop into tonsil stones.
Also called tonsilliths or tonsil calculi, these stones typically are pastel yellow in appearance.
You might be able to see the stones when you examine your tonsils.
But if they form deep in the tonsillar tissue, the stones may not be visible.
Yes, your tonsils have crevices, which make for discreet hiding places for tonsil stones to burrow inside.
What are the symptoms?
If theyre really bad, they can lead to a chronic case, which ultimately gives youtonsillitis.
The predominant symptom is bad breath because of all the bacteria that collects on them.
How can I treat them?
This can obviously be tricky.
Tonsil stones are wont to hiding, so you might have to play around with it.
But I later found that a Q-tip worked.
Obviously, consider talking to your doctor about this first.
You definitely dont want to put anything in your mouth that it’s possible for you to choke on.
