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Suggest Treatment For Acid Reflux And Tonsilloliths

I have had tonsil stones for a while and figured they were nothing major. My allergist just told me that the cobble stoning in my tonsils could be due to acid reflux. Anyway, I just sneezed and blew my nose. I felt a tonsil stone come out, except this one was fairly large and dark green. So, naturally I started coughing to prompt more stones that may be coming. Well an even bigger darker stone just came out. My throat was still feeling funny but nothing more came out so I got a flashlight and mirror to see why my thoat is still irritated, and then I notice a flap of bloody tissue in the back of my throat that looks like a hole was ripped in my throat. It won t push back in an is kind of just hangin out. What should I do??
posted on Sat, 17 Jan 2015
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don't bother much. don't induce gag or cough yourself as it will precipitate GERD. Actually on medial surface of tonsils there are depressions called crypts. one of these crypts is quite large known as crypta magna. when you have your meals, the food particles get lodged in this depression and slowly keep on accumulating forming a nidus for stone formation k/as tonsillolith. jus try to use mouth wash or gargles for sometime after meals. keep your oro dental hygiene good.avoid eating food or fruit with small seeds like guava,tomato etc. if its bothering too much you can get tonsillectomy done to solve the problem permanently.you can start with TAB PAN 40 BBF , SYP MUCAINE GEL 2TSF TID FOR GERD.
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Suggest Treatment For Acid Reflux And Tonsilloliths

don t bother much. don t induce gag or cough yourself as it will precipitate GERD. Actually on medial surface of tonsils there are depressions called crypts. one of these crypts is quite large known as crypta magna. when you have your meals, the food particles get lodged in this depression and slowly keep on accumulating forming a nidus for stone formation k/as tonsillolith. jus try to use mouth wash or gargles for sometime after meals. keep your oro dental hygiene good.avoid eating food or fruit with small seeds like guava,tomato etc. if its bothering too much you can get tonsillectomy done to solve the problem permanently.you can start with TAB PAN 40 BBF , SYP MUCAINE GEL 2TSF TID FOR GERD.