I got a major shock of my life when Alycia told me horridly that she saw 2 teeth sprouting out from Sherilyn’s throat! I quickly took a look and felt a gush of warm blood rushing up to my head and I felt giddy. The 2 white stuff from the right side of her throat (my left side), next to the Uvula indeed looked like 2 teeth sprouting out. What in the world was that??! Initially the hubs and I thought that they were her wisdom teeth BUT how on earth could the teeth be on the throat? Impossible! So…worry pangs surfaced!
Whenever we mothers see anything highly abnormal on our child’s body, what’s the first thing that comes through your mind? The big C! I kept checking her throat that day and I think I checked it more than a dozen times that Saturday through to Sunday. And then when Sher checked it on Sunday afternoon, she screamed excitedly to me, telling me that one of the ‘white tooth’ was gone. And on Monday, the other ‘white tooth’ was gone too… and I saw another smaller one sprouting out from the same spot. With this, I was very certain that the ‘white teeth’ in Sher’s throat were Tonsil Stones as I am very prone to getting them too! My mum and brothers too! In fact, as I am typing this post, I can feel a small Tonsil Stone on the right side of my throat. I ate something heaty over the weekend. And they always sprout from the back of my throat on either the right or left side. The stones will come out if I try to cough it out and it stinks like a ball of poop! What induces Tonsil Stones to sprout from my throat is heatiness. I have a very heaty body and will get throat infection 100% of the time after eating deep fried food and food fresh out from the oven or wok. This is one of the reasons why I have turned into a health freak as I fall sick very easily due to my extreme sensitive throat and heaty body.
I do not have a clearer pic of the Tonsil Stones on Sher’s throat. This is the best shot I could snap with my non-HD digital camera.
The ‘white tooth’ on the left side of the pic could be a Tonsil Stone. It’s gone now. Thanks heaven our GP’s clinic was closed on that Saturday night, else we would have wasted RM50 just for the doctor to have a look and for all I know, the doctor would not even have an inkling on what those white stuff are on Sher’s throat … and would most probably refer us to see an ENT specialist! When it comes to his daughter’s health, the Hubs is one hypochondriac and chronic worrier and will insist to bring them to the clinic to check at the onset of a slight fever or a slight prob.
What are Tonsil Stones?
Tonsil Stones are usually found in the clefts, also known as “Tonsillar Crypts” of the throat. You can usually find Tonsil Stones in back of throat. Tonsil Stones are actually chalky deposits made up of Calcium Carbonate. This makes them white in appearance.
Your tonsils are filled with nooks and crannies where bacteria and other materials, including dead cells and mucous, can become trapped. When this occurs, the debris can become concentrated in white formations that occur in the pockets.
Tonsil stones, or tonsilloliths, are formed when this trapped debris hardens, or calcifies. This tends to occur most often in people who suffer from chronic inflammation in their tonsils or repeated bouts of tonsillitis.
While many people have small tonsilloliths that develop in their tonsils, it is quite rare to have a large and solidified tonsil stone.
For more reads on Tonsil Stones, do check these websites out:
http://www.primehealthchannel.com/tonsil-stones-pictures-symptoms-causes-prevention-removal-treatment-and-home-remedies.html
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/tonsil-stones-tonsilloliths-treatment-and-prevention
