Tonsil stones are shaped like cheese-like particles, gray-yellow or gray-white in color, hard and smelly. Tonsil stones patients should go to the regular hospital in time if they have obvious discomfort symptoms, and under the guidance of the doctor for regular treatment. Tonsil stones are formed when the tonsils are stimulated by chronic inflammation for a long time, and the location is usually inside the upper crypt of the tonsils, which will gradually become bigger with the growth of time. More serious tonsil stones may cause sore throat, difficulty in eating and other symptoms. Smaller tonsil stones that do not cause significant discomfort do not require special treatment. Larger tonsil stones tend to affect the quality of life and should be treated in a timely manner, mostly with surgery.