Went to urgent care two days ago and the doctor said I had a white spot on my throat. I half jokingly asked if it was a tonsil stone. She said no, so I didn’t bother checking.

Today I go again because of sudden severe nausea and this doctor said it was tonsil stones. I knew deep down they were since sometimes when I coughed, I swallowed something hard.

So once I got home I ran to the mirror, and I was so shocked. I should’ve taken a picture of my throat, but if you’ve had tonsil stones before you already know what it looks like. I poked at it with my finger and a piece came out, which I didn’t expect, so I started to panic slightly. Then I went at it with this q tip and good lord.

I know it doesn’t look like a lot, and I’m sure many of you have had worse. I’m surprised I didn’t gag getting these out. I saw a little more deep in a little pocket, but I started to gag so I left it alone. My tonsil is decently swollen, not from the prodding, and I’m somewhat relieved.

To those who get severe tonsil stones, I want to apologize for underestimating your struggles.

Sore throat for 4 days now. Noticed this spot on my tonsils.

Hurts alot. Cant swallow.

Hey Yall,

I suffer from really bad health anxiety and I’m actively trying to beat it. However, I recently started to get tonsil stones and they have created so much anxiety for me. I never got them before and now they just randomly started. My tonsils aren’t even that big but they were apparently hiding in there. I’ve been doing everything i possibly can for my oral health (tongue scraping, flossing, therabreath) but i can’t stop worrying that these are going to last forever. They just started over the past 2 months and my brain is telling me i’m never gonna get rid of them, and tbh they aren’t even that bad. I’ve had a few big ones (one HUGE one) but mainly small ones. And I don’t have the bad breath that comes with them sometimes but i’m scared i’m going to develop it. I feel so alone and lost and honestly disgusted with myself. Any advice on how to calm myself, this takes over my life and my thoughts all day. I tried digging around but i found out that doing that can make them worse so i immediately stopped bcs since i did it so much my throat has been sore for the past 4 days… Idk what to do please help. (I am starting to take vitamin k2+d3, limiting my dairy, and drinking a SHIT ton of water)

I have tonsil stones quite often. I feel like it happens most of the time due to me not chewing my food fully. Is that one cause of it? I have had it for years but then it stopped for a while and it's now it's bad again.

The biggest issue with tonsil stones is the feeling that something is stuck in your throat when you swallow because you know there are tonsil stones there. The only way I have gotten tonsil stones out is if I accidentally cough it out or I intentionally gag and throw up.

I then recently tried salt with water rinse as I read that helps. I done that a few times and noticed I was able to cough at a few of these tonsil stones. Recently, I coughed out several tonsil stones doing this. However, I still have 1 or 2 tonsil stones stuck there as I still feel it in my throat. I wasn't able to cough it out after salt and water rinse.

When you rinse your mouth with salt and water, you do make sure the salt and water gets touches the bottom of your throat right? Otherwise, it doesn't help? My tonsil stones are not visible if I open my mouth.

I read some people mention CVS Daily Sea Salt Oral Rinse, Arctic Ocean and how it helps. Can others confirm this works? So after you rinse your mouth with it, do you usually cough the tonsil stones out immediately? Or does it come out later? Has anyone here not had any success with it?

Is it essentially the same as you using salt and water but this is more expensive? Or is it really better since it has other ingredients? Is there any concern with swallowing a bit of it or not? I know with listerine mouthwash, you can swallow a bit as long as it isn't much.

My left tonsil and peritonsillar pilar is already bigger than my right d/t having a PTA 3 months ago. But 4 days ago I had swelling at the top of the peritonsillar pillar and over the last couple days these lumps are appearing. The soonest I can see my ENT is in 5 days. Does it look like embedded tonsil stones? Mucoid cyst? Something worse? No pain, just slightly when I swallow due to location and where it rubs