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Question: Hi, I am checking my throat and I notice a couple of "balls" just a bit up of my tonsil. They are hard and not painful (Picture will be attached). Maybe this sounds too much but I was wondering if they have any resemble to a syphilis chancre. I am a XXXXXXX man and I have had oral sex with other MSM. I have been tested for other STI and everything is fine. Also I think I have a lot of food that is accumulating behind my tonsils or around that area. Of course some times gives me bad breath but not always. Is there a easy way to clean it? Something I can do at home.
Brief Answer:
Try warm saline gargles
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I have read your query and
I have also seen the pictures uploaded
I am in agreement with your doctor.
This is definitely not syphilis or any other sti
However there is some mild infection
I will therefore make the following suggestion
Try warm saline gargles 4 times a day, preferably after food
This will take care of the problem of food getting stuck and
Of bad breath.
And it can be easily be performed at home
Best of luck
Dr Mittal
Try warm saline gargles
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I have read your query and
I have also seen the pictures uploaded
I am in agreement with your doctor.
This is definitely not syphilis or any other sti
However there is some mild infection
I will therefore make the following suggestion
Try warm saline gargles 4 times a day, preferably after food
This will take care of the problem of food getting stuck and
Of bad breath.
And it can be easily be performed at home
Best of luck
Dr Mittal
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