My sons stinky tonsil breath?

Question

my son is almost 7, and from the time he was little, he got ear infections, and tonsillitis. well, he doesn't get ear infections any more, but his tonsils are permanently swollen which means he gets tonsil stones too I'm sure. he gets recurrent throat infections, and has wicked bad breath MOST of the time.they are so reluctant to remove tonsils these days (which is good, i guess) but, i feel that that's the only solution to his problem! i know someone has to have some input on this, because i know its common.

Answer 1

I've had tonsillitis for about 3 years. When i hit 6th grade i finally decided to take them out, considering i'd get sick every 2 weeks and it effected my education a bit and my tonsils would get swollen.

The doctor said though, that it was entirely up to me whether i get them out or not. Because, my tonsils weren't too bad but weren't good either.

He said, it's best to do it now while i'm younger rather than do it in a couple years anyways.

I think you should consider having him getting them removed, if you want you can wait a few years when he's older but i think you should eventually remove them.

and if you decide to have them removed, be sure to stock up on lots of ice cream :)

but don't bring him into surgery when he has a cold -.-; i had surgery when i was sick and it's not a good thing ha ha.  

Answer 2

I dealt with the same problem for 23 years. I dealt with the 'oh, it's common', and 'well try rinsing your mouth every time you eat to help it'. Finally I decided last year that I couldn't deal with it anymore. The doctor at first was a little reluctant but I told him that my breath constantly smelled and it was an issue for my husband and I so he decided that it was a big enough problem to take them out.

Thank goodness he did, I have not had problems since then. Find someone to take out those tonsils while he is young though, Having it done as an adult is much harder, and the recovery time longer and more painful. Not to mention the risk of complications is higher (10-15% as an adult, 2-5% as a child), I had a complication that is common where they had to re-cauterize the wound 2 weeks after surgery but it's so much less likely in young kids.

It's not good to be reluctant about removing something that is obviously causing constant problems, that's just asking for more.

Answer 3

Please get his tonsils out for him now. I got mine out when I was 16. For years I told my parents and my doctor that i had tonsil stones because I would pick the white stones that smelled bad out of the pockets of my tonsils. They all told me to just stop messing with my tonsils but I explained to them that it was hard because they smelled so bad and i just wanted them out of my mouth, I would make myself gag and my parents would yell at me and tell me I was crazy. To make it worse the doctor told me that if I wanted them out he would do it but he really didn't think I needed them out. Well guess what happened when he took them out? He said they were green and rotting from the back of my mouth and he is very glad I had the surgery. My parents and the doctor had nothing more to say. While I was healing there was green and white crust in my mouth that I choked on as it disinigrated from the surgery. Please help him before his condition gets worse. And don't let the doctors tell you otherwise.

Answer 4

My ex-husband use to get those tonsil stone things and the only thing the doc said was to get his tonsils removed.

It's not that bad really, and kids recover so quickly.