Posted by Worry Girl on June 20, 2007, at 14:58:11
In reply to Tonsils white smelly balls come out what are they?, posted by Phillipa on May 29, 2007, at 11:03:57
I had these when I was about 12. It is interesting that my sister had them at the same time, and she is 4 1/2 years younger. We called them "white things". We would hock them up constantly.
It is interesting that the only time we had them was when we lived in a suburb of Boston. This particular town it turned out had a major problem with their water supply. When we moved elsewhere the white things disappeared. Maybe it was coincidence. During the time of living in this town I completely lost my appetite and a lot of weight. It was not true anorexia because I did not think I was overweight - I could see how skinny I was and it disturbed me that I felt so sick to my stomach all the time. I have always loved to eat, yet I lost my appetite (and got these nasty white things in my throat). My appetite came back when we moved, too. (What a pity that I developed bulimia about three years later).
Another thing, I wonder if there is a connection between them and an overgrowth of yeast in the body. I got one of those things a few months ago. My resistance was down, and it turned out that I had a yeast infection at the same time. Again a coincidence? Who knows.
It sounds like they are harmless. From looking at the photo I know these are exactly what my sister and I had.
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