I'm in need of help... Filth emminating from the mouth

[Clarke Devlin]

I've been worried a lot by my problem in regards to my breath... I could say I'm totally Hygienic when it comes to mouthcare. I've consulted a lot of dentists, and doctors but whatever they do and prescribe, it just won't give any fruitful result. About some time ago I started to cough out white yellowish spots w/c comes in various sizes... I smelled it, and and found it to be of the most awful smell I've encountered emminating from a mouth. One time I examined my throat and looking for any signs of where the awful stuff might have come from, using a cotton swab I gave a little push in my tonsils and there, came from the tonsilar crypts a series of what I've found before. I tried to push it again a number of times and it gave out a pretty huge amount of... should I say filth. I certainly hope someone out there might be able to help me on knowing what the dots are and what I should do... I gave it heck of a gargle using some promising mouthwashes but it doesn't seem to be enough.... Please help I'm totally in desperate mode all the time, I'm a nursing student and hoping a solution to my problem could be a solution to some others out there too...

[pandora9049]

FOOD CAN GET CAUGHT IN TONSILS IF THEY ARE CRYPTIC, MEANING IF YOUR TONSILS HAVE HOLES IN THEM/  CHECK WITH AN ENT DOCTOR.
PAN

[northwesterner]

Hello.  I have this same problem that you are describing and can agree that the odor is awful.  I encourage you to seek more answers and not to give up on the joy in your life.  My problem has caused me to be embarrassed to kiss my husband and children at times, but the odor is not always an issue.  It seems to be worse when I have recently had a cold or sinus infection.  I think of it more like a pimple that fills and erupts and then is not such a problem.  It amazes me that the doctors and one ENT specialist that I have seen regarding this have all basically shrugged their shoulders and mumbled something like, "it's not that big of a problem...no known cure...probably food trapped in the fissures of the tonsils and rotting...etc."  Someday I will push to have my tonsils and adenoids removed and I know that the problem will be cured.  

A friends daughter had such horrible halitosis that by first grade her little friends were teasing and avoiding her.  After many visits to many doctors who all did the shrug mentioned above, they finally found one who decided to take out her apparently healthy tonsils.  It was a shock to all to see the adenoids, which were removed with the tonsils, dissected.  Imagine swiss cheese with tubes and holes all filled with the horrible rotting dead white cells that past infections had left.  No one could see the problem on the outside, but they could smell it and I am sure that the white stinky blobs from my throat are exactly the same stuff, having filled up the available space in the adenoids and erupting.

Another friend has the same problem and knows that the doctors are nuts when they give her the "shrug".  She and I simply clean the pockets out by applying gentle pressure with q-tips and then doing an antibacterial gargle with mouthwash or salt water.

Hope this helps.   Hang in there.

[thegirl]

Wow, i was googling this problem, because i have it.

I have holes in my tonsils- i could feel something hard on the back of my tounge- and i noticed small white dots coming out of my mouth at times-
Then the other day, i noticed a white spot on one of my tonsils- so i tried to pick at it with my finger  [smart i know]
Pushing on my tonsil, i just noticed it was a white buildup filling holes in my tonsil~
It is a lot like plaque buildup on your teeth- and later in the day, after I ate- I noticed food getting trapped in there-

So i assume that it's food getting trapped in holes in your tonsils, and "spoiling"
thankfully, i don't have a problem with bad breath- but this is EXTREMELY ANNOYING.  
Am I seriously going to have to clean out my tonsils all the time???  That's going to suck.

[In_hopes]

yep, its always nice when someone else has the same symptoms as you do but were to afraid to ask mom. there called tonsilloliths, or "tonsil stones".

a helpful link about it


http://www.dentist.net/tonsils-bad-breath.asp

[SonnyGoodB]

I also have cryptic tonsils. The tonsils are there to filter bacteria. Most of us who have allergies seem to have this problem from nasal drip. Also eating then falling asleep can cause "nuggets" to get trapped in there. Check your mouth daily; you can ignore some of the puss pockets but clean out the "nuggets". I know, this sounds gross. I just got a waterpick to keep my tonsils clean; this helps the breath. I have "popped" those pockets before and sometimes they come out and sometimes hold on. They eventually clear out; I get them a lot so again I just keep it clean back there and get out what I can. It is harmless.

[goldie12]

sadly I'm there with you all...i can't stand it though! it's really gross when you think about the smell that little thing has when u get it out of your mouth & how it must be making your breath smell so discusting! i'm sorry ur all going through this but it is nice to know i'm not the only one out there with this nasty problem. i've been cleaning mine out for the last 2-3 years & just dealing w/it. hopefully soon we will find a solution besides removing our tonsils! hang in there:)