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The little white particles that you are coughing up are called tonsilloliths and except for their bad smell are not a condition to be worried about. Tonsilloliths form when mucus, bacteria, and debris condense into small particles on the surface of the tonsils. These odorous balls of material are sometimes coughed up. Having tonsilloliths does not automatically mean that your breath is offensive as tonsilloliths contribute very little to bad breath.
Originally posted by Lysergic
Early this morning I was sitting in my chair when I noticed it felt like something was caught in my throat, I cough and it came up, well did the hocking the loogie routine to get it out of my throat.
Anyways it was a white particle that came out, and it smelled like ass, so I am guessing it was partially digested food? Because at first I wasl ike omfg it's part of my lung or it's a chunk of cancer so i looked up every thing on that, and it says for it to be either of those it needs to be bloody/pink fleshy looking...
anyways the white particle i saved has drived and turned yellowish brown...
I have had something similar happen once, I coughed out of my throat and it was a piece of undigested popcorn and it smelled the same way, the thing is when that happened I probably havent had popcorn for atleast a month...
HRMMMMMMM....
does it hurt when you die?
Originally posted by NotTooHappy
IT's bad enough that you smelled it. Then you held on to it??? Did you show all your friends? That's just disgusting.
Originally posted by Banshee
They're called tonsilloliths or "tonsil stones."
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Ewwwww.... pardon me, I need to go get the Listerine after reading that.
-B.
EDIT: Damn, I keep doing this "post just as someone else posts the exact same thing" thing tonight.
[Edited on 24-3-2004 by Banshee]
Originally posted by Lysergic
Early this morning I was sitting in my chair when I noticed it felt like something was caught in my throat, I cough and it came up, well did the hocking the loogie routine to get it out of my throat.
Anyways it was a white particle that came out, and it smelled like ass, so I am guessing it was partially digested food? Because at first I wasl ike omfg it's part of my lung or it's a chunk of cancer so i looked up every thing on that, and it says for it to be either of those it needs to be bloody/pink fleshy looking...
anyways the white particle i saved has drived and turned yellowish brown...
I have had something similar happen once, I coughed out of my throat and it was a piece of undigested popcorn and it smelled the same way, the thing is when that happened I probably havent had popcorn for atleast a month...
HRMMMMMMM....
does it hurt when you die?
Originally posted by Lysergic
I am thinking about having it framed.... or maybe I'll start a collection if I get more!
Originally posted by Lysergic
I am thinking about having it framed.... or maybe I'll start a collection if I get more!