What is a cryptic tonsil?

Answer 1

Cryptic Tonsillitis is...Tonsils contain many crevices called "crypts". In some patients, these crevices become full of white debris that has a foul odor; this debris is made up of bacteria, food particles, dried mucus and dead white cells. The debris is referred to as tonsil stones or "tonsillolith".

Occasionally in some people a low-grade sore throat will accompany the presence of tonsillolith.

Cryptic tonsillitis will come and go, although the removal of the tonsillolith will improve the condition.

Medications work only for a short period of time. The sole longterm cure for cryptic tonsillitis is a tonsillectomy.

Answer 2

The causes and treatment of cryptic tonsillitis are essentially no different than the causes and treatment of traditional tonsillitis.

Tonsillitis is usually caused by a virus. Bacteria can also cause tonsillitis. The most common bacterial cause of tonsillitis is group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS), which also causes strep throat.

Tonsillitis can also be caused by fungi or parasites, but these causes are rare in people who have healthy immune systems.

Answer 3

Cryptic tonsils are pockets in the tonsils that accumulate food and other debris, cause bad breath and occasionally sore throat. Cryptic tonsils are also called tonsil stones, tonsilloliths, fetid tonsils and chronic caseous tonsillitis.