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THE ENT BLOG
Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery
Big gap between the tonsil and the anterior facial pillar (palatoglossal fold)
This is the gap where food lodges and gets compressed into smelly white lumps called tonsil stones. To get rid of them shrink the tonsils...
Tonsil stones form in cracks in the tonsils like this one. They cause a bad tasteb and bad breath.
Tonsil stones and tonsillitis
Adhesion causing build up of mucus and post nasal drip
Post nasal drip due to nasal adhesion
Blocked nose caused by a septum deviation. This can trigger snoring and chronic mouth breathing.
Blocked nose with snoring problems.
Big sore tonsils. These are causing snoring, chronic fatigue and bad breath
Large sore tonsils cause snoring, bad breath and fatigue.
Tonsil enlargement caused by tonsil stones
You can see the left tonsil is inflamed and swollen, with tonsil stones visible arising from deep in. Tonsil stones are mainly organic...
Tonsillitis can look like tonsil stones
This picture shows white patches over the tonsil. It looks like they could be tonsil stones but in fact it's inflammatory slough from...
Tonsil stones, tonsillitis and bad breath are all linked
Here is a tonsil with an ulcer on its surface, causing throat and ear pain. It's not a pocket where tonsil stones and tonsillitis can...
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