But what are they and are they something we need to take seriously? The lumps are likely to be tonsil stones - formed when food debris, bacteria and dead cells get trapped in the crevices and pits ...

Tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths, are small, hard lumps of food, bacteria, and other particles trapped in the small ...

Aside from the lump and the fatigue - which I put down to ... "I'm fairly confident it's cancer of the tonsil" and feeling my partner squeeze my hand, tightly. The rest is a blur.

Before then, they are like lumps on the side walls of the throat on either side of the uvula, the dangly bit at the back of the throat. Some adults who still have tonsils don't get tonsillitis.

A MAN says biting down on his tongue while sneezing saved his life – after it led to the discovery that he had cancer. Dan Durant, 26, first noticed an ulcer on the right side of his tongue ...

Medical term: Your tonsils are dimpled lumps in the back of your throat. The most well-known and visible pair lay on the left and right sides of your mouth, called the palatine tonsils.