GIANT TONSIL STONES CAN CAUSE ODYNOPHAGIA

The review that was mentioned about this connection of conditions may be a broad topic. Odynophagia is a severe pain on swallowing due to a disorder in the esophagus. However, going back to the connection between giant tonsil stones and odynophagia. Giant tonsil stones might be a rare case still this also presents the same pain Odynophagia patient can experience.

There was a case presentation that explains the situation of a certain child who has odynophagia also had her tonsils in massive size. The said patient had also recurrent experiences of sore throat for six years. Althought there are no other symptoms or significant findings, the diagnosis was made and tonsillectomy under general anesthesia.

The tonsilloliths are white or yellow colored stones composed of calcium salts such as hydroxyapatite or calcium carbonate apatite, oxalates and other magnesium salts or containing ammonium radicals. These stones is unknown although there are many hypotheses on the formation of these calculi. It was known that they originated being a of result repeated tonsillitis which lead to fibrosis of tonsil crypts and retention of debris. This debris forms the ideal media for the growth of bacteria, thus results tonsil stones.

Since the stones cannot be poked or sucked out in an ordinary way, a surgery is conducted to perform tonsillectomy in order to give permanent relief to the child who was going through the pain of swallowing and even just drinking liquid. This study explains that one should not take the chance of neglecting tonsil stones just because they are not declared to be life threatening.