Tonsil Stone Remedies
In order to talk about tonsil stone remedies, we must first understand exactly what tonsils and tonsil stones are.
Tonsils are small flaps of flesh located on either side of your throat, just beyond the back of your tongue. These flaps are actually gland tissue, meant to trap bacteria and viruses and help fight infection. However, the tonsils also tend to collect small bits of food and mucous too, and when combined with sulfur-producing bacteria infection may occur.
When these materials become lodged on the flaps of the tonsils, they can eventually harden and compact, forming what we refer to as tonsil stones. One of the telltale signs of tonsil stones is a strong fecal odor eliminating from the back of the throat. Particularly bad breath may be an early signal of the presence of tonsil stones.
Once formed, what is the remedy for tonsil stones? Surprisingly, tonsil stones may actually be ejected by a good coughing spell, but this happens less often than one would wish, and is no guarantee that the tonsil stones won’t reoccur.
A probiotic culture known as acidophilus may have a beneficial effect on tonsil stones. Acidolphilus consists of the good bacteria that helps us maintain a healthy digestive track. Acidophilus keeps down the anaerobic, or bad, bacteria along with naturally occurring yeast. This largely homeopathic remedy may help to break down the tonsil stones and work to prevent new tonsil stones from forming. Recommended dosages and results vary, so check with your doctor first. Acidophilus is readily available at health food stores.
Today, antibiotics are usually tried first as a remedy for tonsil stones. Again, this has varying degrees of effect on the tonsil stones and largely depends on how advanced the tonsil stones have become.
Surgery may still be the most effective remedy for tonsil stones, even though tonsillectomies are not the common place childhood surgery they once were. A tonsillectomy involves the removal of the infected tonsils from the throat. Surgical removal of the tonsils should be carefully considered before going ahead. The tonsils are part of the body’s immune system, and though they have the chance of recovery from infection or tonsil stones, once gone they are no longer there to help filter bacteria and viruses.
Remedies for tonsil stones have varying degrees of success, and your physician is the most qualified person to determine a course of action to remove tonsil stones.
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eish ive been lvng wt dz kinda thngs 4 mr dan 10yrz nw am 19 n causd a bad breathe to avoid dat breath i ws usng clorretes bt nothng hs plz help n ds iz ruining ma whole career
I’m 30. I suffered from bad breath and tonsil stones for 7 years. I’ve tried every diet, most helped but no cure. When I cut out gluten, wheat and dairy it really helped but its so many foods with these types of ingredients in it made it difficult to enjoy any meals. Finally I decided to have my tonsils removed and now I’m 6 months free of doody breath. I enjoy life again-surgery hurt like Hell but it was all worth it.
I’ve been having the tonsil stones off and on ever since I was a child. I have noticed they come back after a throat or sinus infection. I rarely take any antibiotics or meds and usually try home remedies for common colds and such. One thing I had learned though is that when I gargle with water and salt solution they go away :) I should do it for at least 2 consecutive weeks to get rid of them for good. I hope this would help you all.
Can you email me exactly what you did im 15 and i want to solve this problem
This is what I do: dissolve 1/2 tsp of salt in a 6oz cup of warm water. Wait until the temperature is comfortable enough and gargle first thing in the morning and last before going to bed. You may want to do this for more than just 2 weeks. The water salt solution has no side effects, just do it for as long as it takes to get rid of them. This had helped me a lot to flush them out. Every few days I check if there are any new to extract, which sometimes still happens. I also realized that eating cheese increases my tonsil stones formation.
Just want to say thank you for the proactive simple steps to reduce the stones and for confirming my thoughts regarding possible dairy correlation with the stones. I have discovered I only get stones periodically, and I was starting to figure it was diet related. I was leaning towards dairy, but had thoughts it could be some other new dietary things I’ve introduced lately. I think I’ll try completely cutting out dairy again, along with gargling, and see if I can get these things gone for good.
i dnt knw if i have tonsil stones because i have bad breath and dont know the cause i realy need help cause it is ruining my life am a nigerian
Not everyone has them. Of course there are many other causes of bad breath. Simple solutions include brushing regularly, including the fleshy parts of the mouth, and flossing regularly.- equally important. Diet is also of course a big contributor. But if your symptoms are closer to the ones described in the artiicle above… Try looking in the back of your throat with a flashlight if necessary. It helps if you can figure out how to squeeze the muscles in the back of your throat together to get a better look at your tonsils. If you see whitish bumps on the fleshy tissue on the sides of the back of your throat, and you don’t currently have an infection that you know of, it’s probably the stones. They can be removed by massaging the tonsils in an upward direction with a Q-tip or something, but most people can’t overcome the gag reflex. After these things, try gargling with warm salt-water twice a day for a few weeks- I’ve heard great results from this.
It seems to me that lactose and gluten are not the only contributors here since I’ve heard many people say cutting them from their diets doesn’t help. I have personally cut back on both periodically and never noticed any connection. I believe that mine come from my post nasal drip since both have plagued me for a good 15 years. I had a sinus infection that was undetected for many years as well and had surgery for that. While recovering, I had to use a sinus rinse and during that time, didn’t have any tonsil stones. I recently stopped using the rinse, and now have the stones again. I will be trying the sinus rinse again for awhile to confirm this connection. Even if that works though, I haven’t found the cause and I don’t want to have to rinse my sinuses everyday for the rest of my life.
Wow I cannot belive I had this all through out my teens and early 20s and was told by docs it was tonsillitis, I would sit for hrs with a tooth pic flicking these white stones out of my tonsils to get rid of that horrid feeling of glass in ya throat :(, ive noticed a patteren of the ages on here and most are in teens? like I was when mine were at there worst, im in my late 20s now and have not had this problem now for a few years touch wood, mine came when i was burning the candle at both ends as they say as we all do at that age so maybe that could have something to do with it?
How I cured my tonsil stones.
For the past 2 years Ive had tonsil stones. Every other day I would have to press on my tonsils to get them out. 3-8 at a time. It was horrible, but I wasnt too worried about it. Over the course of a few years I developed a toenail fungus infection. I decided that I would finally do something about that and take lamisil. I am now on month two of lamisil and since I have been on this I have been tonsil stone free for over 1.5 months. I have about 1 more month left of lamisil. This leads me to believe that tonsil stones are type of fungal/yeast infection because they are white and all yeast and fungus’s are white. I urge you to try an antifungal to see if it helps.
Wow Biju, stfu. We get it. Some of us have tried removing gluten and milk from our diets. It doesn’t always work. If you want an alternative to surgery or scratching them off, there is a product called Therabreath that has saved my life. It’s a rather expensive mouthwash, anywhere from 16-36 dollars depending upon where you live, but COMPLETELY worth it. I suffered with these things for almost 4 years, dealing with clueless doctors and useless remedies. I was adamant about not having my tonsils removed being that ever since I was little my immune system has been very poor. After I tried this wash, I was cured. I haven’t gotten them since. I’m 18 now and finally I am not tied down by bad breath or constant coughing. Hope this will work for you all too!
thanks for the response. do u mean to say in spite of removing gluten and milk, still it was not fully effective in curing the tonsil stone problem? In my case, i’ve not come across a stone since i stopped milk products. But not having tonsil stones has not cured my bad breath though it could have reduced a lot. I have hyper acidity and that seems to be the real cause of my oral odour. My sense is that the acidic content permeats into the mouth and becomes a fertile ground for bacteria to thrive. that causes the odour. I have started gargling with hydrogen peroxide. this completely eliminated whatever odour which was left in my mouth. but this stuff is a bit harsh i think. I’ve heard about Therabreath.I think it could be a better option to Hydrogen Peroxide. I am in Mumbai.Let me see how to get it here and also the pricing.
I am going to try it. I am very worried and depresed because of my bath breath. Thank you
When I first started to get my tonsil stones my doctor told me taking out my tonsils would not likely cure it. Due to the fact that the tubes Or passage, not sure of the name are still there. Most people still get them just not in the tonsils anymore. I started to really think about my history surrounding the my stones. I use to get strep three sometimes four a year. So bad I would be bed ridden for weeks. My doctor was beginning to run out of antibiotic option. Then they just stopped. About half a year later I got stones. It’s been just about five yrs now. The strangest thing is I have not been sick with anything other then non viral issues. Like my gallbladder attack. Is this a link. Really curious about everyone else.
i know this it’s what happens to me. I used to get step throat really bad then i stopped getting it and had this happen. Now i can’t get rid of it! if you find anything that works please let me know.
This sounds exactly like my problem!!!! I always got strep or tonsilitis and i finally got antibiotics for it.. and i havent gotten them since but now i got tonsil stones which SUCKS!! ahhh i cant wait for my insurance to kick in to see my dr!
I read somewhere that it could be related to throat cancer! That fucking scared the shit out of me, since I’m knowned for liking my cigarettes, anyway I thought I’d give Probiotic - Acidophilus tablets a go, its readily available at health food stores. It’s day one and my odour is completely gone, oh I hope it will stay gone.