Sometimes you can get a feeling like you have something stuck in your throat and you might seem to notice these little white nuggets. These nuggets are actually tonsil stones and a lot of people might have them, and not be aware of it.
Why Do Tonsil Stones Appear?
The tonsil stones develop when the bacteria, mucus, dead skin cells and leftover food particles begin to deposit in the tonsil crypts. They can be whitish or yellowish and their texture is soft and squishy. What they can lead to is throat irritation, bad breath, difficulty swallowing food and breathing problems.
Who Can Suffer from Tonsil Stones?
The risk of contracting tonsil stones is much bigger if you have been suffering from chronic inflammation of the tonsils, if they are big or if your oral hygiene is not very good. Naturally, what is best for treating tonsil stones is a tonsillectomy or removing them surgically. Nevertheless, this does not guarantee that they will not return again. Also, when you eliminate them, what you do is remove a part of the immunity which is very crucial for prevention of bacteria and viruses to enter the body.
Alternative Ways to Remove Tonsil Stones
Of course, there are other ways to remove tonsil stones beside surgery and they can be done in the comfort of your own home. Let’s discuss some of them.
Oral Probiotics
What these strains of good bacteria can do is suffocate the bad bacteria in the mouth caused by the tonsil stones. One of the most effective probiotic against tonsil stones is S. salivarius K12. Just take one probiotic capsule, open it and mix the content with 4 oz of warm water, stir and let it dissolve in the water. Once it does, swish it in the mouth close to the tonsil stones. Just tilt your head back before you spit it out. Another solutions for this would be chewing gums or toothpaste.
Oral Irrigator
This is a method for flossing with water, instead of a strings. It has a motor, water reservoir and a specialized water flosser nozzle. In order to remove the tonsil stones, the nozzle has to be put at the tonsil crevices to blast them out. Just make sure you are not very aggressive so you do not hurt the tonsils. Just set the irrigator at lowest and you are good to go.
Dental Irrigation Syringes
Point the syringe directly at the pockets of the tonsils with stones to flush them out. They will help remove even the stones that are deeper in the tonsils and those that are not very visible. Just keep your head down so that they can fall out of the mouth. This mixture needs to be combined from equal parts of warm water and 3% hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen will aid in removing the stones. This is due to the fact that it will create an environment where the bacteria will not be able to thrive.
Q-Tips
If you take a long and big Q-tip you will be able to reach the back of the throat and remove the tonsil stones with ease. Just push the visible area of the tonsils gently with the Q-tip until they get dislodged. You can do this in front of a mirror. If you apply just enough pressure they will pop out from behind the tonsil pockets.
Now that you are informed enough on all the alternative ways to remove tonsil stones from the comfort of your own home, forget all about the surgeries and just do it by yourself.
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