White stuff lodged in tonsil crypts

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There is a sticky white material lodged on the wall of big crypts in tonsils. These are milky white and don't seemed to be attached to tonsil tissue. I went to ent doctor he said it's keratosis tonsils. This white stuff seems to grow day by day and eventually slide of sometimes. I gargle water 3 times a day. Attaching the picture. Want to know this is. This white stuff seems to be coming back. I have no other symptom except throat irritation sometimes during the day or night. The white stuff is in the hole below ( picture). Need to zoom in a little to see it.

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Dr. Jaimini Thakkar ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 6 yrs exp Anand · Accepted Answer

Dr. Jaimini Thakkar

ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 6 yrs exp Anand

It's tonsillolith. It's not major problem. Because food get stuck in tonsill it occurs.

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do gargle after eating anything atleast with water.

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