Coughing up smelly yellow-greenish chunks from my throat. What is it?

Guest over a year ago

Had these for years to,but knew it was nothing serious aqs a friend also mentioned them years ago.

But i must say,this whole thread has had me in tears of laugher...fantastic read.

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tweetyalex52 over a year ago

Hey, I tried this, and it worked! Thanks so much :) :) :)

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bobble over a year ago

to all them folk who think mouthwash and brushing is enough NO IT IS NOT! I read this months ago and the best advice on here is to get in there with a torch and squeeze the stuff out with your finger or some tool of your choice(no not a screwdriver but something you think is sensible. remember your tonsils are quite soft and bleed easily) ! its the only way. its horrific and may give you nightmares to begin with but after a while it becomes routine so you have to do it otherwise there will be relatively little change with the breath!

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Guest over a year ago

yeah im only 14 and have been getting these since i was like11 i asked my dad and he just said dont worry about it .Its so annoyingg and spells but i dont smoke or anything!

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crazygirl over a year ago

XD

STUFF ON BACK THORAT they stink!!!!!:[ ive had them and its probably a chunk of milk because I drink milk alot!!!!!!!!My mom has had them before and its ether chunky milk or dry mucus.I caughed out one before and i could smell them in my throat!!!My mom has a tooth pick and gets them out but its a little hard to get them out.Its normal it happens to alot of people.thanks for reading ,veronica

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Guest over a year ago

It's vial isn't it, like something rotting in there. Did know it caused bad breath though. Now i'm worried I'm one of those stink people that no-one want to take to just incase..!!

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JamesUK over a year ago

They do smell don't they. I just coughed one up and thought "Damn, I've had enough of this, what is it..!!"

Now I'm worried about my breath though, can you smell your own breath when it is bad? Or as it's so close to the nasal passage can you not smell it because your used to it?

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yo over a year ago

This link has helped. was getting depressed but i sensed thats where my bad breath was coming from. i have tried all sorts of things , frossing, mouth wash but nothing does seem to work. so does this mean the bad breath is for life. it so embarassing and depressing

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bob over a year ago

you got to press your tonsils regularly until the stuff comes out! ideally every day ! you ll be disgusted and amazed.. use a torch and the same hand for the side you are doing.. once its out your breath will be normal !

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Guest over a year ago

yo i dont my tonsils taken out man n im only 13

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Guest over a year ago

I tend to get these stones in series when fighting off a cold or flu. They also help as an early warning sign that my body may have been fighting off a bug. Sometimes I will spit them up and hour later I feel noticeably better, while other times they seem to be a precursor to getting full blown sick.

I always thought of them to be accumulated chunks of sickness my body had killed and was discarding. Like throwing a carcass from a bridge, ei; my mouth.

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guest over a year ago

Thanks for asking this! I was curious my self. I somehow had the feeling it was normal, but I didn't know what it was, or why I was getting them. The first time I coughed one up, I was seriously freaked out, although I think it was a little bigger than a pea... (or maybe its an exaggeration thought up by my pre-adolescent mind?) When my mom saw me cough one up, she said it was from not brushing my teeth, which I seriously doubted, since I brushed regularly. It happens from time to time, and finally curiosity won.

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Guest over a year ago

I don't have tonsils...they were removed 60 years ago...now what??

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Guest over a year ago

I would like to work mine out but it feels like they are a little farther down my throat, both when they are stuck and when i can work them up. Could this mean that i have damage to my esophagus near the adams apple or might i just have freakishly low tonsils?

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Guest over a year ago

They are tonsil stones, they are nothing to worry about.

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