Tonsil stones!?!
Question: okay i thought i had a strep throat at first but as i kept researching i found out i had tonsil stones. so i took a flash like and started to poke around my tonsils and in the pockets. i actually saw the tonsil stone (pretty big) and then all of sudden went back in and then got stuck. after a number of attempts to dislodge the stone from my tonsils and after vomiting a few times no luck here. it's completely stuck. feels as if it's inside the skin/gums of my tonsils and wont budge. i can see a little white part of it sticking out of my tonsils but i cant force it out. im about to buy a water pik but it seems to stuck that a water pik might not even work. please any help to how i can get this tonsil stone out without getting a tonsillectomy done because i dont have insurance. its getting really aggravating when trying to swallow to point im about to rip my tonsils out of my throat. please help.
Answers: okay i thought i had a strep throat at first but as i kept researching i found out i had tonsil stones. so i took a flash like and started to poke around my tonsils and in the pockets. i actually saw the tonsil stone (pretty big) and then all of sudden went back in and then got stuck. after a number of attempts to dislodge the stone from my tonsils and after vomiting a few times no luck here. it's completely stuck. feels as if it's inside the skin/gums of my tonsils and wont budge. i can see a little white part of it sticking out of my tonsils but i cant force it out. im about to buy a water pik but it seems to stuck that a water pik might not even work. please any help to how i can get this tonsil stone out without getting a tonsillectomy done because i dont have insurance. its getting really aggravating when trying to swallow to point im about to rip my tonsils out of my throat. please help.
Yuck! I get those icky things too! And boy do they stink!
You can force them out (if you can do so without gagging). Wash your hands really good, and wrap some tissue around your fingers and just push on the tonsil. If you can't get it out that way, then gargle, gargle, gargle!
You can use warm salty water, or my favorite- any sort of mouth wash with peroxide in it. Like the new whitening mouth washes. If you need something stronger- use Colgate Peroxyl. You can find it in nearly any drugstore.
The peroxide will break up the tonsil stone.
You can also use TheraBreath.