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hey guys,
i'm a 4th year med student and i'm not sure if you guys or the dental forum would be able to answer this question. i am seeing an ENT doc next week but wanted to see what your thoughts were on this.
this is pretty gross, but here it goes:
i'm 28 and about 6 months ago, randomly produced this white, spongy, extremely foul-smelling, tooth-sized "glob" from my throat. at first, i thought it was old food that somehow got stuck and forgot about it. then it happened again a few weeks later and now its been happening every few weeks. i now get this funny sensation in the back of my throat (the best description i can give is like popcorn kernel stuck to the back of my throat) and i cannot see it, just feel it. i try to cough or bring it up with the back of my tongue (like you're about to vomit or bring up phlegm), but it usually stays there. then a few days later, it comes up on its own.
its disturbing and to say the least, not very attractive to my boyfriend when i told him about it.
at first, i was convinced it was zenker's diverticulum - but i've researched it a bit and i've come across the term "tonsillolith" or tonsil stones. my symptoms seem to pretty much match this rather than zenker's. have you guys heard about it or had a pt with it?
PS. i do NOT have dysphagia, coughing, tonsillitis (although i get colds often and had horrible tonsillitis as a child). i don't regurgitate food i just ate.
so there...and yes, i am seeing an ENT next week...so we'll see what happens.
any thoughts? comments?
i'm a 4th year med student and i'm not sure if you guys or the dental forum would be able to answer this question. i am seeing an ENT doc next week but wanted to see what your thoughts were on this.
this is pretty gross, but here it goes:
i'm 28 and about 6 months ago, randomly produced this white, spongy, extremely foul-smelling, tooth-sized "glob" from my throat. at first, i thought it was old food that somehow got stuck and forgot about it. then it happened again a few weeks later and now its been happening every few weeks. i now get this funny sensation in the back of my throat (the best description i can give is like popcorn kernel stuck to the back of my throat) and i cannot see it, just feel it. i try to cough or bring it up with the back of my tongue (like you're about to vomit or bring up phlegm), but it usually stays there. then a few days later, it comes up on its own.
its disturbing and to say the least, not very attractive to my boyfriend when i told him about it.
at first, i was convinced it was zenker's diverticulum - but i've researched it a bit and i've come across the term "tonsillolith" or tonsil stones. my symptoms seem to pretty much match this rather than zenker's. have you guys heard about it or had a pt with it?
PS. i do NOT have dysphagia, coughing, tonsillitis (although i get colds often and had horrible tonsillitis as a child). i don't regurgitate food i just ate.
so there...and yes, i am seeing an ENT next week...so we'll see what happens.
any thoughts? comments?
