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White patch on one side

2024-03-21 04:15:45
Hi I'm 43. No bp no sugar.  I have a white patch on the back of my throat only on the left side near the tonsil area. It feels like a small tonsil inflammation with white patch. The right side is perfectly normal. It keeps coming and going. There are no other symptoms. When I have something cold, I can feel my thesis getting irritated. Im attaching a pic that I have taken. Hopefully that will help. I'm worried it may be cancer or something. Please advise.
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This is Keratosis of tonsil happens in Chronic Tonsillar inflammation

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That is a tonsillolith. In simple words, a long time back some food particles got stuck in that tonsil crypt. Over time, it rotted, giving rise to bad breath. Calcium from your saliva gradually deposited over this debris gradually forming a tonsil stone similar to the formation of a pearl inside an oyster. Gargle with some betadine gargles with 1:1 dilution with Hydrogen Peroxide. The oxygen bubbles released will gently dislodge the tonsil stone. However, if that is not helpful or if this situation recurs, best plan is LASER ASSISTED TONSILLAR ABLATION. This is a procedure where a LASER beam is used to vaporize about 3mm thickness of the tonsil surface. The heat of the LASER coagulates the protein of the tonsil remnant rendering it inert and also killing the surface bacteria that were causing the bad breath. The healing process takes between 5-7 days, after which your throat will be good as new.

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Tonsil stone Just do warm gargles

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It's stone of tonsil. Nothing to worry about. Do gargle after eating anything.

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It's tonsilolith means tonsil stone It's not cancerous thing
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Usually self curing sometimes manual removal helps
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Betadine gargles

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