13 Responses to “To Jamie: push it out with a q-tip! …”

1. stephanie mason on April 1st, 2009 6:03 pm

   i think i might have these things to i cough up chucnks sometimes but i never knew what they were. i will try these methods! thank you

2. twanna taylor on April 6th, 2009 3:20 pm

   When flushing out the tonsil stones, aren’t you likely to swallow them and that would be even more gross!:/

3. admin on April 6th, 2009 8:12 pm

   Yes that could definitely happen =] Better down your throat than in your tonsil I guess.

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7. Jamie on August 21st, 2009 6:05 pm

   okay this is so hard…i have this one tonsil stone in my throat and it won’t come out been there for a week now..every time i put salt water down my tonsils i start choking…this is so hard…and i have
   how do i get it out of my throat…i feel like it’s not in my tonsils.

   any advice?….this sucks..i’m so afraid to talk to people…although no one has told me i have bad breath but then again…it’s really hard to tell someone that…so i don’t even know..but i do have that bad taste in my mouth at time…not constently but i taste is some times.

   uggggh this sucks

8. Josh (admin) on August 23rd, 2009 9:24 am

   Hey Jamie, salt water *can* be effective but by far the most effective cure we’ve found is grapefruit seed extract! Look at the bottom of the home page for a link to the review of this wonderful product =] Simply gargling with GSE will eliminate the feeling of something stuck in the back of your throat. I would also stay away from drinking milk/eating cereal with milk/yogart/anything that’s liquid and dairy. Within 3 days to a week of this and you will be tonsil stone free.

9. somebody on October 11th, 2009 1:15 pm

   Thanks alot.

10. Al on January 11th, 2010 8:35 pm

    I personally end up using my fingers most of the time, as I’m able to put pressure on the tonsil from either the top or the front. The Q-tip isn’t really strong enough for me, but I still use it for the extra reach it offers.

11. Cheryl on January 17th, 2010 12:47 pm

    To Jamie: push it out with a q-tip! That always works for me, when I have a nagging one that wont come out on its own. Get a flashlight and go to the mirror, most of the time you can see the tip of it sticking out of the crypt (be warned, seeing your tonsil with a stone hanging out of it can be pretty unnerving the first time). Put the q-tip near the crypt and push like you’re popping a pimple. It usually eases right out. If the stone is big like you say, it might bleed a little.

    Good luck! I hate these things.

12. shaquala on January 15th, 2011 12:22 am

    heyy..im a 14 year old girl who has tonsil stones and they suck! i have on now stuck in my tonsil thats like attached too tha tonsil,and what its doing is when i rub my tounge against it, it stabs my tonsil and it hurts soooo bad i have tears in my eyes when i do it

13. Burt Schwering on August 20th, 2011 2:17 am

    My wife pulled a tonsil stone out of her mouth one day and asked me to smell it. It nearly knocked me over it smelled so bad. Kind of like death, to be honest. She ended up having her tonsils and adenoids removed and the problem went away. I feel for anybody who has to live with tonsil stones.