​There is a foreign object in the throat and it smells bad

The situation of having foreign objects and smelly throat is very common in daily life, but many people don’t know that it is tonsil stones. It will not only cause certain harm to the patient’s physical health, but also cause bad breath, snoring and other complications, so it is particularly important to find a scientific and effective treatment method. Generally speaking, surgical treatment is not required, but it also depends on the patient's physical condition.

1. Why do “stones” grow in the throat?

This has to start from a place in the throat - the tonsils. The tonsils are located at the back of our throat and are shaped like a cracked plum.

Because the surface of the tonsils is not smooth, there is a crack in the middle, called a crypt, which makes it very easy for food debris passing through the throat to get stuck there. Especially for those who have tonsillitis, swollen tonsils, or pharyngitis, the crypts will deepen.

Generally speaking, bacteria and food debris accumulate in the crypts and only form small lumps. When the lump is small, it will probably fall off naturally, and most people will not even know they have "swallowed" it.

In people with larger tonsils, food particles travel deeper into the crypts, where the small lumps continue to grow rapidly. The growing lumps will eventually form tonsil stones.

2. Don’t underestimate it, tonsil stones are not a simple disease!

Like its predecessors, kidney stones, gallstones, etc., tonsil stones are far more than just food residue.

Tonsils also retain some other oral substances, such as bacteria, old dead cells shed from the upper wall of the mouth, defense bacteria, filamentous bacteria, and sticky pus formed after the deposition of calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate. If not handled properly, it can also cause some annoying health problems:

①Bad breath

Tonsil stones contain a large amount of sulfonamides and carry a large number of bacteria. When the stones are broken, they will emit sulfide gas with a smell similar to rotten eggs.

That’s why it stinks when you crush it, and that’s why it can cause bad breath in your mouth.

If you brush your teeth diligently every day but still have bad breath, you should consider whether you have tonsil stones.

②Snoring

After tonsil stones appear, the tonsils will also swell, affecting the normal delivery of air in the respiratory tract, and thus causing snoring.

③Other complications

For example, you may feel like there is a foreign object stuck in your throat, and you may also have difficulty swallowing food, sore throat, or even vomiting. It may also cause symptoms such as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and rhinitis.

3. Do tonsil stones require surgery? What are the treatments?

Generally, tonsil stones do not require surgery. Small stones can be dug out with a scraper or forceps, or removed with the help of a dentist at regular intervals.

Please note that if you remove the stone yourself, you may break the stone in your throat, causing it to release a foul odor in your throat, which will be more difficult to deal with.

Therefore, it is recommended that you use mouthwash more often in daily life, drink some honeysuckle tea, corn silk tea, etc. frequently, and actively treat tonsillitis, pharyngitis and other related problems.