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Something people rarely discuss openly despite affecting millions: those disgusting white lumps that occasionally emerge from your throat causing breath so foul you can taste it yourself. I’ve consulted for ENT clinics for sixteen years, and tonsil stones—tonsilloliths if we’re being medical—represent one of those conditions generating tremendous embarrassment whilst being remarkably common and treatable. […]

Across seventeen years managing throat disorder protocols and training primary care physicians, I’ve observed that treatment recommendations for tonsil stones range from “ignore them” to “remove your tonsils surgically”—and both can be correct depending on individual circumstances. The person experiencing one small stone annually causing zero symptoms beyond occasional appearance needs completely different management than […]