How to deal with bad breath caused by tonsil stones

Jun 18, 2024 Source: Cainiu Health
Disease description:

Feeling of a foreign body in the throat—online sources say it might be stones. How to deal with tonsil stones and bad breath?

Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Guo Huijie
1. Lifestyle adjustment: Regulate dietary habits by focusing on light foods, eating more fresh vegetables and fruits, and avoiding spicy, irritating, and heat-inducing foods. 2. Oral hygiene: For patients with mild bad breath, rinsing the mouth with saline solution, using mouthwash, or taking oral lozenges can help clean the oral cavity, flush away small tonsillar stones from the tonsil surface, and effectively alleviate halitosis. 3. Non-surgical stone removal: Under professional medical supervision, local stones can be removed using instruments such as tweezers or cotton swabs, especially when the stones are large or recur frequently. 4. Medication: Under a doctor's guidance, medications such as compound Luo Han Guo lozenges or Pudilan anti-inflammatory tablets may be used to relieve symptoms of bad breath. 5. Surgical treatment: When the above methods fail to effectively alleviate halitosis, and symptoms such as foreign body sensation in the throat, pain, or bleeding occur, tonsillectomy may be considered to completely resolve the problem.