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My 6 yr old son has what looks like a small piece of hair sticking out of his tonsil what is it?
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Umm, hard to say....: Without actually examining your son for a more precise answer, this raises some interesting possibilities. If the tonsil area is tender or red, the hair may be some foreign body such as a fishbone. If the tonsils do not look inflamed or reddened, perhaps this is dried mucus from the nasopharynx above. However, in my 30 years of practice, I have seen some unusual things...This may be a hair indeed.
Answered 3/31/2013
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