Anyone else get tonsilstones?

[anarky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith

This is less for me to share a minor medical problem with you, and more a heads-up. I've gotten these things for years and years, and never knew what the hell they are. I've always called them "throat boogers," since I assumed until a few years back that they were dried mucus that came in from the nasal passages via the throat. As I said, until a few years back: that's when I looked in my throat to see what it was that I was feeling, and could see them protruding from my tonsils. I actually took a q-tip soaked in hot water and scraped off what I could see, and pressed more out with the q-tip.

Tonight, I've got some in both my tonsils again, and was looking online to see if I could find anything about the damned things, and how to prevent them. It looks like they're far more common than I expected, though it seems a majority of doctors and dentists are still not even aware of their existence.

Just thought it anyone else has ever had these fuckers, you might appreciate a link to some info on them.

[Jargo]

tonsil zits? ewwwwwww! I went through a period of getting regular tonsilitis which occasionally threatened to morph into glandular fever. My doc told me to take Paracetamol tablets the moment i got a sore throat and that has stopped me getting it. I think Paracetamol is Acetaminophen over there. one of the simplest over the counter drugs but so damn effective.

[Double_Gs Mom]

Double_G's pappy one time got 'em real bad. He hocked one up, and it turned out it was Double_G's brother, Triple_R! I tell y'all, it was embarrassing to have to call up the cops and tell them we'd found the boy, time to call off the search.

[UKWildcat]

HOLY SHIT!

I get these things sometime, and have always wondered what the fuck they were.

Thanks for the info 'nark.

[anarky]

Got four of the fuckers out today. That's pretty damned bad. The first one and second one together would've been more than enough to block a nostril. The other two were rather small. But, dude, out of one fucking tonsil? That's some sick shit.