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I get this puss balls & liquid daily in my tonsil. tonsil stones i believe? is there anything i can do to prevent or make it less occur? bad tast.

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Surgery: See ENT .If antibiotics fail to help you may need to have the tonsils surgically removed.

Answered 9/28/2016

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