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Finally out
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Finally out

I woke up this morning and coughed this out. It had been bothering me for about 3 months! I went to the gym and steam room last night. Maybe that helped dislodge it.

u/RodLaoshi — 8 days ago
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Cranberry sauce helped

So I just made homemade cranberry sauce with real cranberries. After eating a plain serving of this straight out of a cup, the stones in my left tonsil felt loose.

I went over to the bathroom and lightly pushed on it with a q-tip and a bunch came out. Could the acidity of the cranberry sauce have done the trick?

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u/BuckleBunnyChaos — 8 days ago
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Is it possible that closing the back of my throat and hacking/coughing/clearing throat to vibrate/ in order to scratch my throat is causing the tonsil skin to enlarge and making me have more and larger tonsil stones?

I'm not exactly sure what this is called, but I do it when I wake up and sometimes in the day when I feel an itch in my throat. I've been getting tonsil stones frequently and this causes them to occasionally come out. Unfortunately, when they do come out they are quite large meaning they have been in their and causing bad breath. They also seem to be getting larger over time meaning what used to get them out isn't working. Does anyone have experience on this and should I stop doing that? Regardless I'm going to get a water flosser... My dentist wasn't very helpful with prevention advice other than basic stuff online.

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u/Slimesta123 — 8 days ago
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First one I've ever been able to poke out with my fingers

I've felt it in my throat for like a week now. Gargling hasn't worked to get rid of it and using a curved syringe is usually a 50/50 gamble. I finally got frustrated and poked around with my fingers (not ideal I know) and got this out. Is this considered particularly big?

u/Additional_Dig_1651 — 9 days ago