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Little white things in the back of my throat!
I have been having these little white ball looking things in the back of my throat for a few years now. They come and go but they really bother me. The white ball things will sometimes come up the back of my throat and in my mouth and they smell sooooo bad. I have no idea what they are or what causes them. It does feel like I have something floating in my throat and clearing my throat does not help. Is there a cancer that causes this or anything else that would cause this to happen?
I first started to get tonsilloliths when I was 18 years old. I was feeling really tired and sick all the time and when I noticed the lesions in the back of my throat with white stuff in them, I went to the doctor. He told me that they are a common thing to come up when a person gets mononucleosis - he tested me and sure enough I had it. The thing is, that was13 years ago, and I have continued getting the tonsilloloths ever since then. I usually only get one or two here and there, but I am now pregnant and have started getting them a LOT more during pregnancy. I had about 20 of them come up the other night (during my husband's company Christmas dinner party, how nice). I mentioned it to my OBGYN, and she looked almost shocked. She told me that I am only her second patient EVER to have this (or at least that has mentioned it). She said she sent the first patient to the ENT dr. and the solution was to remove her tonsils. I find it interesting that someone above says they get them even though their tonsils were removed. Another side note is that I drink TONS of water, and I still get them. I did not grow up drinking cokes regularly, so that was never an issue for me. I do have abnormally high calcium rates though, and I have heard that they are partially calcium build-up too. I'm not sure if that's true, but it would make sense in my case. So I'm not sure if any of this info helps anyone else, but just a few things I've noticed/been told in my personal experience.
I got it for nearly 5 years now and i just found out the way to get them all out easyly by using the smooth tooth brush handle in ractangle shape and push against the skin cheek , just beside the tonsil not on the tonsil and it all squeese out in the long stream 1cm long and 1mm thick of couse the head is big depend on how long you left it there.Yeah I could taste it when i swallow the air and exhale through nose and i know it there.
Thanks a lot, I have had this problem since a teenager. I have asked my doctor several times for an answer to, what the white smelly balls are. I've coughed, goggled, even took my nails & pushed them out. This site has been very helpful. Thank you all so much for posting the information. I feel much better it's not a serious illness.
wow I love the internet for this very reason. I also have a husband who thinks I am crazy... he never gets these and I drink way more water than him. I am thirsty all of the time. Maybe it has something to do with how some people are just dry mouthed. Oh they are so gross and they smell like really funky breath. So embarrassing.
I drink lots of water and that doesn't help at all. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to go to the doctor because she might tell it's nothing and that's just gonna make me mad.
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