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Stuck my finger deep into my throat to throw up. now i feel lump in my throat. saw in my throat my tonsil sitting, touching tongue. normal?

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Yes: The palatine tonsil (tonsil in the throat) always touches the base of the tongue where it sometimes is close to the lingual tonsil. This is normal anatomy. When we perform a tonsillectomy, invariably, the base of the tonsil goes into the lingual tissue.

Answered 4/26/2014

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A member asked:

Stuck my finger deep into my throat to throw up. now i feel lump in my throat. saw in my throat my tonsil sitting, touching tongue. normal?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Bernstein Joel answered

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