WHAT CAUSES TONSIL STONES?I get tonsil stones at a varying rate, sometimes I won't have one for weeks sometimes i will have 2 in the space of 4 days? What food will cause them?
Mags
Tonsil stones - tonsilloliths - are caused when food particles lodges in the creases in your tonsils. Trapping of food, bacteria, dead cell, mucous from post nasal dripping can result in calcification/hardening of these ingredients to create tonsil stones. The stones can cause pain especially referred ear pain, sore throat, bad breath, difficulty swallowing and tonsil inflammation.
You can see them as whitish or yellowish lumps on your tonsils.
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/tonsil-stones-tonsilloliths-treatment-and-prevention
http://www.drgreene.com/21_568.html
Although some people use picks or cotton swabs to remove them, gargling with salt water or salt & baking soda may help. You could also try gargling with vinegar because it is an antibacterial.
Since you get them often, antibiotics are not the best answer as you can quickly build up a tolerance/resistance. You already know that they can be surgically removed but that may not be cost effective if you can address them yourself.
The way to avoid them is surgical. Have your tonsils removed. When the tonsillectomy is performed, the tissue folds causing the the entrapment are also removed and....should be about 99.9% relieved of having them again. Just remember that the tonsils do have a function in your body besides causing you the misery of tonsilloliths.
I am including a link about eliminating them yourself using AktivOxigen tablets, nasal sinus drops and sometimes using an Oxygenating Spray. You also want to do periodic tongue scraping as it is the interaction of the VSCs (volital sulfur compounds) produced by the anerobic bacteria on you tongue which cause halitosis.
http://searchwarp.com/swa15469.htm
http://www.tonsilstones.net/tonsil-stones-overview-and-a1.html
As to Which Foods will cause them, I did read that avoiding DAIRY might reduce or eliminate the calcification.
Scoll down the page here:
http://abchomeopathy.com/forum2.php/50088/
Here's a Health Board discussion link with questions, practical advice:
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-380186.html
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