Stallacrew
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- Cullman, Alabama
Since I can remember I have gotten a little white speck on the back of my throat every few months. I mostly ignored it and it would go away on its own, and occasionally I would pick it off of there, sometimes it would be mushy and sometimes hard....... and it would always stink like hell.
Last night I noticed this and I decided to pick it off, this time mushy....well I picked that one off, and it returned immediately with another. and I noticed the right tonsil (which I didnt know THAT was what my tonsil was until last night) was swollen, and realized......this MUST be what tonsillitis is.
To the best of my ability, I reached back there and popped that little swollen sucker......a whole bunch of those little mushy bits came out and they reeked ... alot.
I googled around and got this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillitis
EXACTLY what I have, same white specks that were sometimes a "stone"......I thought all this crap was redonkulous. SOOOOOO I am going to the doctor at 23 years of age to see about this tonsil zit in the back of my throat. Wouldnt normally go, but this has been going on all my life really, and I just discovered it shouldnt be. Its not a huge deal but I don't like the symptoms of a sore throat, bad breath, and possibly linked to me sawing logs all night rather than sleeping in peace.
Evidently the tonsil is has a bunch of holes in it that can get infected and this ONE crypt keeps getting full, so maybe Doc can do something for me. It gets infected and fills up with little kernals of pus rather than goo.
I know all this is really nasty to look at and think about, but I posted also to inform the others out there that may get these from time to time so you know what you are dealing with cause I had NO idea this was tonsillitis at all....really I just thought it was a peice of food that had clung to my throat when really it was a hole in my tonsil overslowing with pus kernals.
BTW: my throat had one SMALLISH dot on the back like the wiskipedia picture, not a dozen huge puppies like that poor soul.
Last night I noticed this and I decided to pick it off, this time mushy....well I picked that one off, and it returned immediately with another. and I noticed the right tonsil (which I didnt know THAT was what my tonsil was until last night) was swollen, and realized......this MUST be what tonsillitis is.
To the best of my ability, I reached back there and popped that little swollen sucker......a whole bunch of those little mushy bits came out and they reeked ... alot.
I googled around and got this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillitis
EXACTLY what I have, same white specks that were sometimes a "stone"......I thought all this crap was redonkulous. SOOOOOO I am going to the doctor at 23 years of age to see about this tonsil zit in the back of my throat. Wouldnt normally go, but this has been going on all my life really, and I just discovered it shouldnt be. Its not a huge deal but I don't like the symptoms of a sore throat, bad breath, and possibly linked to me sawing logs all night rather than sleeping in peace.
Evidently the tonsil is has a bunch of holes in it that can get infected and this ONE crypt keeps getting full, so maybe Doc can do something for me. It gets infected and fills up with little kernals of pus rather than goo.
I know all this is really nasty to look at and think about, but I posted also to inform the others out there that may get these from time to time so you know what you are dealing with cause I had NO idea this was tonsillitis at all....really I just thought it was a peice of food that had clung to my throat when really it was a hole in my tonsil overslowing with pus kernals.
BTW: my throat had one SMALLISH dot on the back like the wiskipedia picture, not a dozen huge puppies like that poor soul.
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