Have you ever just been sitting there, doing your homework, when you feel something lingering in your throat?

You force out a cough, and a big white chunk of something comes flying out the back of your throat and to the front of your mouth, along with the worst taste possibly known to man.

So, naturally, you spit out whatever is lingering on your tongue into your hand, and this is what you see (p.s. if the pimple pictures grossed you out, stop reading this blog right now):

[This is definitely the most extreme/largest one I have ever seen (who would take a picture of the dinky ones?)]

It’s whitish-yellow and circular. It has like the consistency of something like the cross between a pea and a nut (it feels a little hard but you can squish it with you fingernails). And, naturally, when you smell it, it literally reeks of bad breath and vomit.

What is that? You ask yourself. And why am I so weird?

Answer: You aren’t weird. And these “pellets” are actually coughed up by all of the rest of us daily. In fact, these “pellets” are actually called tonsiliths.

These tonsiliths, also known as tonsil stones, are actually combination of food particles, bacteria, and body secretions that form on your tonsils and break off as small, hard nuggets.

Sounds totally disgusting, and is obviously weird. But, it’s totally normal.

All of us that still have our tonsils supposedly get them every couple of days, according to my doctor, and they really are harmless.

However, tonsiliths are the number one cause of bad breath. Therefore here are a few ways to get rid of your tonsiliths:

• gargle daily with salt water
• try to brush your tonsils each day while brushing your teeth
• if you feel a tonsilith in the back of your throat, push a Q-tip on your tonsil to try to pop it out of place
• have a doctor remove your tonsils for you

Or, if you’re like me, you’ll continue to cough up tonsiliths from time to time. Not only does it add a little excitement to your life, but sometimes it’s fun to spit them out on your finger and compare them with others’ tonsiliths.

Warning, however: If you feel a tonsilith in your throat, SPIT IT OUT! Do not trust that it’s a small piece of that sandwich you ate for lunch coming back up to say hello.

Nothing’s worse than accidently biting into one of those nasty hooligans. Not only do those little buggers smell terrible, but they taste terrible, too. Take it from someone who has coughed up her fair share of mono-infested tonsiliths. It’s not fun.

That’s all for today.

See you guys later,

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