If you’ve ever coughed up a small white chunk that smelled like death, you’ve had a tonsil stone. These calcified deposits form in the crevices of your tonsils and create some of the worst breath odor known to medicine. A single stone the size of a grain...
QUICK ANSWER Your breath smells like mothballs because bacteria in your throat are producing skatole — a chemical compound released when they break down trapped proteins and mucus in your tonsil crypts. Unlike typical bad breath, this mothball odor comes from deep...
