| Our tonsils are little gland like structures that are | | | | symptoms. |
| present at the rear portion of the throat. The tonsils | | | | An individual may also experience symptoms such as |
| help catch bacteria and viruses that are present in the | | | | a sore feeling in their throat that may be caused due |
| mouth and hence prevent them from causing an | | | | tonsilloliths. However a sore throat does not |
| infection. The mixture of mucous and bacteria that are | | | | necessarily indicate tonsilloliths as it could even result |
| trapped inside may sometimes concentrate, harden | | | | due to a tonsillitis infection. |
| and calcify to form a tonsil stone. | | | | Other symptoms such as lumpy stuff which is white in |
| A person who has this may experience certain | | | | color may be seen as well. Tonsilloliths are usually not |
| symptoms such as bad breath, a sore throat, and | | | | visible and are covered within the tonsils. To see them |
| visible lumpy white material present at the back of the | | | | when they are hidden within the tonsils one would |
| throat. Bad breath can sometimes be caused due to | | | | need to have a special scan done such as a ct scan |
| the presence of certain chemical compounds such as | | | | or an MRI scan to see where the tonsils are and how |
| sulfur compounds. If sulfur compounds are detected in | | | | big they are. |
| a person's breath there may be a high chance that the | | | | One may also experience symptoms such as an |
| individual has developed tonsil stones. In fact, about | | | | inflammation of their tonsils. Although they are present |
| 70% of people with sulfur compounds present in their | | | | in the throat, one may even experience pain in the |
| breath have it. Sulfur compounds are one of the key | | | | ears due to the interconnected nerval pathways. |