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In a year i got strep throat. year after i got a tonsil stone went away on its own. and this time i got more stones. why is this happening?
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Cryptic tonsils: Cryptic tonsils are usually enlarged the spaces fill up with food debris and form stones. You can remove them by shooting the jet of a water pik at them.
Answered 4/16/2014
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