![]() They can also be a nuisance, because they may repeatedly grow back after they’re removed. They can, however, cause unpleasant symptoms, such as bad breath and discomfort in the back of the throat. These stones are not a sign of illness or disease and they generally do not cause other negative effects on your health. Usually these spots pose no serious risks to your health and oftentimes can be removed easily at home. They’re usually soft but they can harden, and they are light yellowish or white in color. In very rare cases they can potentially grow to be as large as a golf ball or bigger if they grow for long periods of time. Tonsil stones are usually about gravel-sized, but they can also be quite small - sometimes even too tiny to be seen with the naked eye. These deposits, which are also called tonsilloliths or tonsilliths, can form, harden, and grow on and inside the tonsils. ![]() If you’ve ever spotted yellowish-white spots on your tonsils (the oval-shaped pads of tissue that sit on either side of the back of the mouth that you’ll have to open wide and use a mirror to be able to see), you may have a very common problem known as tonsil stones. ![]()
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