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I used to get these when I was a child, haven't experienced them as an adult though. They are called tonsil stones, tonsiliths, or tonsil calculi. The tonsil collects debris including food particles, particles from post nasal drip, and white blood cells to prevent infectious material from traveling further into the body (lungs/esophagus). When you have deep crevices in your tonsils, this matter accumulates and forms balls of foul smelling cheesy material which erupt to the surface of the tonsil. These can be scraped out with a toothbrush or a medicine dropper. They are normal and it is your body's way of helping to prevent severe infections. Some people get them and others don't. Although I do find it funny that those affected use the same term for them when we don't know what they are! Think of them as similar to the cheesy material that forms in pierced ear holes or the like.
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∙ 12y agoTonsiliths. They are collections of food debris in the crypts of tonsils. The only cure is removal of the tonsils. Most patients use their fingernail to remove them.
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When you breath deep and hold your breath your throat feels constricted and bruised what could this be?
The constriction of your throat is your tongue pushing up against your throat to hold your breath. The bruised feeling is likely to be some type of infection.
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it helps you breath
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Bad breath is caused by bacteria. They could be in your mouth, your throat, or your stomach. Start with your teeth. Floss and brush them. That is the simplest. Then go to a dentist. First, get your teeth fixed. Next see a doctor. The physician will check your throat. If that is not the cause, you will next go to a gastroenterologist for your stomach before your ulcers turn into stomach cancer.
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it is in your throat when u breath
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shortness of breath lung cancer heart cancer throat cancer mouth cancer bad teeth
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bad breath.
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because the throat is connected to two other tubes, one which you breath from and one with you eat and drink, the nose is connected to the throat because people breath from the nose aswell as the mouth unless you are a mouth breather
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What do you call somebody with bad breath?
Some one with bad breath has halitosis.
