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Something in the back of my throat?

I have felt like something is stuck in the back of my throat for 4 days now.

I am prone to canker sores but they are usually painful and in the front of my mouth.

I do not have any kind of gastro problem, but I did have a strain of HPV that caused removal of pre-cancerous cells earlier this year. I had read that women who have HPV sometimes get oral cancer.

It feels like a piece of food is back there and I just can't swallow it, it is on the right side of my throat. It does not look like a white spot nor a large bump.
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Ever since yesterday I think one is stuck on my left side of the throat and I can't seem to swallow it down, my throat is getting sore from it I think.. /:
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Tonsilitis?   Some do not have tonsils. So that DX will not work for them.
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Tonsilloliths Bad Breath Balls
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Omg I get that to omg they stink so bad it's like lil puss balls I didn't know they were food particles they make my breath stink I brush my teeth like 3 times a day just be cause of that
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Have you had it cultured at lab? Might be strep. Get doctor's help!!
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1380019 tn?1279089868
I took a little pill a few hours ago, and it got stuck (feels like) at back of mouth, near tongue but maybe in a "tuck" of the throat fatty tissue. I just don't want it to stay and grow into something. ;) I've had it before and soon I cough it out and swallow it. I know as we age our throats can get sloppy esp. if we carry an extra few pounds. I almost got this out with a clean finger, but it's there. It's up against (or near) where tonsil used to be when I was a kid. I have no cold, flu, or anything. I need something just a bit longer to open the fold (it's the best word I can think of) and let the rascal out. I think it's my little gut relaxer as for a bit it tasted like it. Yuck! I don't have long Q-tips (now I'll get some!). Maybe I can get a long pencil or whatever (after sterilizing it!) and move it out enough so it goes down where it belongs. ;)

This is nuts. but I get a kick out of this place. What a wonderful idea to have a doctor and group of people fishing for what to do if whatever happens. I'm bookmarking this one!

So any ideas as to how to just move that little thing (should have dissolved but no acid there is my guess) out. I hope it's not just a memory of earlier and a bit bothered by poking it!

As for those with yellowish stuff at back of throat please get a swab and dx as strep throat is still out there. I know. As a kid I had it. Got scarlet fever (kid I visited was not quarantined in the 1940s) and when it was over I then came down with Rheumatic Fever. You do NOT want that. My mom was a nurse for everything much like a doctor actually. So she moist hot packed me all over, the doctor (came to home) put me on sulfa (all there was). Mom pushed those hydrotherapy sessions daily if not more, and she ground up sulfa pills every four hours 24/7. I almost kicked the bucket and had petechiae (end stage stuff) and I bled from every orifice mom said. I was literally dying one night, was not expected to live. I turned a big corner I guess as about midnight I started to come out of it and quite quickly. I found out that some church people went to church to pray for me! Awww! Doctor, mom and dad prayed too. It actually was a miracle.

I feel our fields of influence in this world CAN and DO make miracles. I was a fundamentalist into my 30s. Now I believe spiritualism (think Dahli Lama, Wayne Dyer, many others...it's not evil as some believe; this stuff is around us always or we'd be dead, it's something we cannot see but we feel (I have an amazing "gut" and can usually tell who's down/up or whatever. I believe this all goes along with what happened to me that long night. Wayne Dyer addresses these "fields" and how far each one reaches. We can keep our world safe if we think we can. Literally! It's amazing. Thanks for letting me write this as it goes along with all illnesses I'm positive. I'm 76 now, and I remember the night I was an inch from dying (6 years old). There is a power out there always ready for us to ask whatever we need and believe it will come. I've done that many times for others from a distance. Just think/pray specifically for someone ill or in accident and be amazed at the results.

So now how to nudge the pill out. Please and thanks!!!

Tessie
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I have two white patches on the inside of my mouth on both sides just past the end of my teet. Took nystatin but didn't clear it up. Does anyone know what this is? No help from my doctor. He says it doesn't look suspicious. Should i see an ENT?
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I have the same stuff forming on the back of my throat. I'm not a doctor, but I do notice that I get them when I drink a lot of energy drinks. I get them off with either a toothpick, or Q-tip and lay off the energy drinks a while. I notice then, I don't have the problem. I start back drinking the energy drinks, they come back again. So I have determined to lay off the energy drinks (which I'm learning is addictive). I will check into the ingredients in the energy drinks to see what may be causing the (what I think is) bacteria buildup and get back with you all. Again, this is only MY opinion
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Look up Tonsil Stones
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I had that smelly small ball stuck in the back of my throat for 4 days now.  They are bits of tiny food particles and mucus.  I just read Christina's post above about using a wet Q-tip and it works because it sticks to the back of your throat and you can forcefully push it out.  Also, once it's out, make sure to spray the hole out because their might be some remainders.  I use a syringe similar to the kind you get when you have your wisdom teeth but It's not too hard to find one, just make sure there is sufficient pressure
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Hey Christina!  JUST WANTED TO SAY, thanks for the Q-tip trick.  I've suffered from those smelly white little balls in the back of the throat for such a long time but other then spraying them down with a syringe, I knew no other way.  You've saved me with the Q-tip trick.  THANKS!
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Hey Christina!  JUST WANTED TO SAY, thanks for the Q-tip trick.  I've suffered from those smelly white little balls in the back of the throat for such a long time but other then spraying them down with a syringe, I knew no other way.  You've saved me with the Q-tip trick.  THANKS!
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Omg this has happened to me plenty of times smh I get it out w. My finger sometimes yu have to somehow make yur throat push upward use Ur throat muscles nd push the side of the hole w yur nail and it'll pop riqht out sometimes its more than one thing in there nd its nasty and annoying , iHate it when it first happened I was sooo worried until I jus put my finger in thee nd got it out or sometimes I will jus b sitting hr and it'll jus fall on my tongue nd it stinks Lmao best advice I can give yall lol I just wanted to kno what of really was and sounds to me like nature ???
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maybe its ***
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maybe its ***
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I have the same problem for years, my white-yellow piece is built up within 2 weeks which becomes biggest like a condensed small parmesan cheese shaped into a ball that stuck in the back of my throat on the right side.
When it still a small piece, I feel choked or gagged everytime when I swallow.  And then when it becomes biggest I feel like my throat was thrusted and hurt everytime when I swallow.  At this point I know that It becomes big enough for me to spit it out.  I then go to the bathroom and try to cough very loud and strong in order to get enough force under my throat to spit it out.  I cought at least 5 or 7 times, the very fisrt cough I would get a biggest piece sized equal to 3X of the Q-tip end flying out and dropping down to the sink, I keep coughing until the last small piece get out of my throat.  I use my index finger to crush on this ball to flatten it.  It looks like ground parmesan cheese.  It smell so bad.  
     After I spit it out, I can feel the difference, my breath clear and clean.  The mucus flows into my throat more that makes me try to clear my throat like every 10 seconds. The problem comes back within two weeks for me to clear it out again.

Bottom line is you can cough or hawk very strong to spit it out when it becomes big that make it will loose or break up easily.  Good luck!
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1942391 tn?1324019289
i have them sometimes mine r seemingly from getting small bits of food in the little wholes in the throat and the mucus kinda creates a pearl around it overtime its gross but not unhealthy luckly... i got one out just now not hard to do i use my nail to scoop it out after cleaning alot lol
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I suffer from the same thing as you blondie72, I wasn't sure what in the world it was but yeah I would dig it out and it would smell and it goes away sometimes today I just had to do the same thing again...it's annoying.
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Wow, these all do sound the same. My cousin just came to me with the same problem really scared she might have something or have to go through surgery. She thought it was a piece of food so she tried digging it out with her toothbrush. She started bleeding though and whenever she swallows it bothers her, but it doesn't exactly hurt ? I'm happy i just found this site because at least now she'll be better knowing she's not alone. If anybody ACTUALLY knows the answer and not just suggestions please let me, or everyone for that matter, know. Thanks and Good Luck to everyone with the symptoms.
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There are many reasons why you can end up with that white thing on the back of your throat.

1.That just clearly means your toothbrush is fill with bacteria.(CHANGE YOUR TOOTHBRUSH)
2.The back of your tongue has bacteria on it.(SCRUB THE BACK OF YOUR TONGUE)
3.Your have to use Listerine or peroxide to wash your mouth out.(THREE TIMES A DAY)

THIS IS BIG SIGN OF AN INFECTION SUCH AS STRAP THROAT OR SORE THROAT.
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I was starting to feel like I had strep throat untill I looked  in my throat and seen that the little balls were moving around. Someone had told me to  use a toothpick to get them out so I tried it ut still a little sore. Just wondering if stress is really a factor?
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haha I have noticed this also, and sometimes they break free when I sneeze! I got annoyed (this will probably be really gross sounding) recently and tried to swab it out, that didn't work because it was in the tonsil socket thingy, so i tried to tweezer it out, and after I poked it a bunch more came out and I was able to squeeze the tonsil to completely clear it out. thank god, that damn thing was annoying me for a couple days!
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I used to have the white chunks in my tonsils too. I had them for a few years and was told it was allergies and I was given a nasal spray. Do they sometimes fly out of your mouth when you cough or laugh?  Do you have more than one?  I had a few in each tonsil and I went to my ENT, he took one look and say "oh yeah, you have tonsillitis, those has to come out". So I had my tonsils removed at 26 and it sucked but I had never had that problem again and have felt great ever since. Hardly ever get a sore throat and no more bad breath. So go see ENT and get them out!!
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Thank god for this forum... I had this sensation of something at the back of the left side of my throat. Went to the GP today and he said he saw something white there. He referred me to an ENT specialist the folloing day (tomorrow). After reading what all you helpful people have written, i went to the mirror armed with a torch light and there the white ball was! It was peeking out from the left side of the fold in my throat! Using my finger i dug it out. If you are going to do the same, make sure u be gentle and beware of gag reflex! Thanks guys!

Seann
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