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...

[Heid]

Last Thing!

Was just looking at a paper online and they suggest that although foodstuff may be a contributing factor, The main content of tonsilliths is bacterial and epithelial debris that accumulate in tonsil crypts. So the actual tonsil tissue itself (that normally sheds), along with the mucous and saliva at the back of the throat and also (possible) small particles of foodstuffs that cant get out of the tonsils all combined with the natural bacteria in the throat all forms a little ball when it cant be released. These little balls can develop deep inside the tonsil (so foodstuffs may only be a small contributing factor).
Some of these tonsil stones can be very old and calcify (they even show up on X-ray) so can be very hard to remove.

The last thing to remember is that although when you have the little balls crushed in your finger or cotton bud, they smell foul, when fully intact and coated in saliva they actually dont smell very much at all. So try and not get too paranoid about your breath! It may not be all that bad

Cheers

Neil

[jc501]

I am a 32-year-old woman and last year July is when I got the white spots. I thought it was do to stress, due to my father was in the hospital dieing.  I do remember when I was a child taking these white smelly things ou of my mouth but not as often as i do now. I went to many Dr

[nellyone]

I am not a freak, finally more people that have the same problem as me.  But how am i supposed to talk to my doctor about this.... "Hey Doc. I have stinky stuff coming out of my throat , anay suggestions?"  How did you guys tell your doctors?

[treesfreezeskeez]

Wow!!!! I am so glad there are other people out there that get Throat Cheese! It has been happening to me for a while now. I am wondering if we all have big tonsils? Mine are about the size of marbles, and the pockets that the cheese forms in are pretty visible. I can't even see my husband's tonsils when I look in his mouth, so mine look huge. It seems no one has a cure (besided tonsilectomy), so I will continue pickin' the cheese!!!

[girlie49]

Hello, I too have the same problem but it doesn;t really give me bad breath.I brush my teeth 3 times a day and gargle,always checking the tonsils for swiss cheese, its so gross , I too clean it out with a cotton swab.I didn;t know anyone else had this problem, my Doctor seems to think it is caused by post nasal drip.I think I get it more whaen I am stressed and have my allergies, whatever it is I hope they find out a cure for this , it STINKS!!!

[rptrgrrl]

I have had this problem for about 18 years.  I went to an ENT and he told me that I have very large tonsils and that food gets caught in the back of my tonsils and that the tonsils (as I breathe or talk) push the food through to the front, creating the "pockets".  They drive me NUTS and I am SUCH a picker.  Though I have noticed that the food doesn't seem to come through the same spot too often.  The food, once it is pushed through, is the funkiest smell EVER and I'd wish it on no one.  I am very good about brushing, flossing, gargling, etc. and to no avail when it comes to this "pocketed" food.  I don't feel as if I have bad breath or an dirty, but it really makes me self conscious because each time I pick it out, it is the same, disgusting smell.  I have also noticed that I seem to get more of these "pockets" when I have dairy (milk, cheese, ice cream, etc.)  I don't believe that doctors know too much about it because aside from doing searches and finding out that there are a bunch of people like "us", there seems to be no real "help".  All I can say is when you use a q-tip, wet it first because it is much easier to get those pockets out.  I am going to have to try the water pick thing - I was nervous because I am a gagger!