Tonsil stones can be judged according to clinical symptoms, clinical examination and auxiliary examination.
1. Clinical symptoms: the tonsils are located between the Eustachian arches and the Eustachian arches, tonsil stones are usually caused by tonsillitis and bacterial infection, and the stones located in the tonsil crypts can have symptoms such as recurrent halitosis and pharyngeal foreign body sensation due to the narrowness of the tonsil crypts.
2. Clinical examination: Clinical examination is a common method to check whether there are tonsil stones or not, the method is to press the anterior one-third of the tongue with tongue depressor, to check whether there are yellowish stones extruded from the surface of tonsil, and the stones located in the pharyngeal fossa need to be examined with stripper.
3. Auxiliary examination: electronic fiberoptic laryngoscope can be visualized through the lower pole of the tonsil with or without hidden stones, but also often feasible CT examination, can be seen in the tonsil region of point-like or block-shaped high-density shadow.
If you feel a foreign body sensation in the throat and suspect tonsil stones, you need to go to the hospital in time and be examined by a professional doctor.