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When i do the swallowing reflex i taste a bad smelly taste in my throat?

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Possibly tonsils: You could have crud in your tonsils that smells and tastes bad. Try gargling with listerine a couple of times a day. If it continues see an ENT doctor.

Answered 6/10/2014

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