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In The Back Of My Throat On One Side It

Posted on Wed, 24 Jul 2019

Question: In The back of my throat on one side it looks like a tonsil I think that’s what it is it’s always been there behind that at the back of my throat there’s a fold and in that fold it looks like I had some white bread lodged in there I was able to get it out with a Q-tip now three days later I see What looks like more bread in this fold in the back of my throat. I am finally able to pull it out with a long Q-tip but there’s much more there than I realized and when it dislodged a small amount of blood came with it .No more bleeding after that as I poked around in the fold way back in my throat I realize when applying pressure that there is more puss that could come out , do I have a hole in there where would It want to come from it’s hard to tell because it’s a fold A quarter inch long , what could this be

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rohit S Menon (49 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Tonsil infection

Detailed Answer:
Hiii, first of all thank you for approaching us for your query.I read through your query.

I must say that there is nothing to be worried in this case.The explanations and symptoms told by you suggest that it can be inflammed tonsils which is infected gives a white bread like appearance. I suggest you to take antibiotics and anti inflammatory drugs.Also do warm salt water gargle and also chlorhexidine mouth rinse.Besides these take hot food and drinks like hot tea or coffee.Avoid having cold food stuffs. Do tongue scraping at night before sleeping.Drink lots of water and have fruits. Follow these it will be fine within a week or two.Stay happy and confident.Calm and happy mind can be best medicine for any disease.

Hope you understood what I meant.

Thank you and have a healthy day.

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