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tonsiliths?

I was just flossing my teeth when I noticed a small yellowish/white growth on one of my tonsils. I reached back and grabbed it out, thinking it was just some left over food. I was trying to get all of it out, but it seemed to keep coming back, no matter how much I tried to get it all out. The growth is a bit solid, but not completely. Would this be tonsiliths, or something else? Thanks for your help
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wikipedia has a good entry on tonsilloliths, as does the NY Times.
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thi sounds like what i just had a couple hours ago. my tonsil is full of it and when i went to scrape it off a bunch more popped out and i threw up because it was so gross.
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sorry for the quick bump, but i'd like to note also that there isn't any more of the pus/whatever it is that I can see
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