:: The Little Voices Rave On ::

:: Sunday, June 22, 2003 ::

Alright, this is totally disgusting. Read at your own risk of vomiting. You have been warned.

I have tonsiloliths. Ok, it sounds worse than it is. Tonsiloliths are little globs of yellowish-whitish goo that form in the tonsil crypts (little pockets in the surface of the tonsils). They (the tonsiloliths, or tonsil stones) are made of a combination of mucus, bacteria, and sulfer compounds produced by bacteria. People with allergies and constantly draining sinuses get them. They're not dangerous, just really, really, smelly. They look like a little white ball of stuff stuck to the back of your throat. It feels like there's something stuck in your throat, like a piece of skin from a popcorn kernal. You can remove them by gently scraping at them with a Q-tip. Unless you have a really deep tonsil crypt, like me, that gets filled with the stuff. I warned you, nasty gross. Then you have to scoop the stuff out with the Q-tip.

I just thought I'd share that, since most doctors seem not to know what tonsiloliths are, or to have even heard the term. So now, if you have icky little white globs on the back of your throat that won't go away when you swallow or gargle with something, and feel like there's something constantly stuck in your throat, you'll know what they are.

:: Lizzy heard the voices @ 10:21 AM [+] ::
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