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White spot in tonsils
Im suffering from cold ... Always my nose is blocked , dryness in throat, bodypain , weakness, ... Nowadays i feel some irritation in throat i seen white spot in my tonsils ... Im watching everyday it grows day by day. Atlast it falls when i cough then is disappeared but again after a week again it appears in tonsils.. what is reason for this... How to avoid this ... I attached image check it sir/madam
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Dr. Baisali Sarkar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
11 yrs exp
Kolkata
This is keratosis of tonsil where the crypts (small spaces within tonsil) are filled with minute food particles and that causes halitosis in long run. The main reason for keratosis of tonsil is Chronic tonsillitis.
Next Steps
Maintain oral hygiene
Do salt water or Betadine gurgle
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tonsillectomy is the ultimate treatment but it can be avoided doing gurgling. More the gurgling, more whitish material is flushed out from the crypts and that keeps the problem away.
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Dr. Oliyath Ali
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
8 yrs exp
Delhi
Sir your throat looks grossly inflamed, the whitish material is tonsillar concretions which occurs when there remains chronic infection/inflammation.
U need to get your chronic tonsillitis treated. And maintain good oropharyngeal hygiene.
Use h2o2 gurgles 1 tsf diluted in half glass of water three times a day.
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