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What Causes A Discomfort In The Throat Along With A Lump Like Appearance?
Posted on
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Question : I'm a 36 year old male.Since a few days I got a feeling that something got stuck in my throat.Today when I checked ,I saw white lump on the throat and assume it's a tonsil stone. No pain, but a little discomfort like something is stuck.
is there any treatment for this ?
is there any treatment for this ?
Brief Answer:
Please use chlorhexidine mouth wash
Detailed Answer:
Hello
It is likely that the white thing which you are seeing may not actually be a stone, but may be undigested food stuck in the tonsil. I will explain this to you
The tonsil has a lot of depressions called crypts on the surface, which are normal structures. Some times these crypts get swollen up which i mostly due to an infection and this results in undigested food from the mouth getting stuck in them. This undigested food will appear as a white lump.
The best thing would be to use chlorhexidine mouth wash and gargle with it 3-4 times a day, this will reduce the swelling of the crypts and open them up so that the undigested food can escape.
If this does not help you, then i suggest that you meet an ent doctor , who will take a throat swab to see what microbe is responsible for the infection and give you appropriate antibiotics.
Please dont worry as most of the time patients improve with mouth washes alone.
Take care!
Please use chlorhexidine mouth wash
Detailed Answer:
Hello
It is likely that the white thing which you are seeing may not actually be a stone, but may be undigested food stuck in the tonsil. I will explain this to you
The tonsil has a lot of depressions called crypts on the surface, which are normal structures. Some times these crypts get swollen up which i mostly due to an infection and this results in undigested food from the mouth getting stuck in them. This undigested food will appear as a white lump.
The best thing would be to use chlorhexidine mouth wash and gargle with it 3-4 times a day, this will reduce the swelling of the crypts and open them up so that the undigested food can escape.
If this does not help you, then i suggest that you meet an ent doctor , who will take a throat swab to see what microbe is responsible for the infection and give you appropriate antibiotics.
Please dont worry as most of the time patients improve with mouth washes alone.
Take care!
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