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How To Get Rid Of Tonsils?

Hi, I´ve been looking up tonsil related matters, a couple of years ago I cough up a grainy grayish looking soft "spongy" thing that I had no idea where it came from (I don´t smoke), it was the size of half a pinky fingernail perhaps. Since then I have also coughed up small tonsils stones (that smell and have roughly the same consistency as the gray thingy). I am now noticing something similar to the original grainy grayish thing I coughed up which is lodged in one of my tonsils, it is not too annoying at the moment...but I now it is there, I have no diff in swallowing and generally enjoy good health however the more I think about it the itchier this grayish thing seems to become. What is this thing and how do I get rid of it please?

posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,

Swollen,purple tonsils with other symptoms like sore throat, cough,bodyaches etc are acute tonsillitis which is mostly due to viral infection (adenovirus,rhinovirus)or some times bacterial
( streptococcus, staphylococcus etc) or spitocheatas etc.

The treatment is mainly antibiotics ( macrolides or quinolones or amoxycillin etc) with analgesic, antiinflammatories and antihistamines with mast cell stabilizers and other symptomatics for 7 to 10 days.

If there is chronic infection of tonsils then surgical removal should be done.(tonsillectomy)

So,consult ENT specialist for full course treatment.
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How To Get Rid Of Tonsils?

Hi, Welcome to health care magic, Swollen,purple tonsils with other symptoms like sore throat, cough,bodyaches etc are acute tonsillitis which is mostly due to viral infection (adenovirus,rhinovirus)or some times bacterial ( streptococcus, staphylococcus etc) or spitocheatas etc. The treatment is mainly antibiotics ( macrolides or quinolones or amoxycillin etc) with analgesic, antiinflammatories and antihistamines with mast cell stabilizers and other symptomatics for 7 to 10 days. If there is chronic infection of tonsils then surgical removal should be done.(tonsillectomy) So,consult ENT specialist for full course treatment.