Early symptoms of tongue cancer

There are relatively few people suffering from tongue cancer in life. Therefore, people know very little about this disease. Once you get tongue cancer. Many people looked confused. Because there is no awareness of tongue cancer, it brings sudden shock to those who discover it in the late stages, and treatment becomes much more difficult. If the early symptoms of tongue cancer can be detected in time, the consequences may not be so serious.

Some people may not care about these early symptoms of tongue cancer even if they discover them. Some people regard it as a cold, while others think it is just some common inflammation. Few people can associate tongue cancer with such a scary word. Therefore, it is better to understand it as early as possible, which is very helpful for controlling the disease.

First, sudden increase in saliva secretion, drooling, bloody nasal discharge, choking sensation when swallowing, maxillofacial lumps and swollen lymph nodes, which persist and even gradually worsen;

Second, the teeth suddenly become loose or fall out, the teeth do not bite properly when chewing food, those who have dentures feel uncomfortable with the dentures, and the mouth and throat are numb and painful. After general symptomatic treatment, these early symptoms of tongue cancer do not improve;

Third, the sudden onset of limited tongue movement, slurred speech, pain when speaking and swallowing; localized thickening and scaling of the lip mucosa, accompanied by grayish-white keratotic plaques;

Fourth, the oral mucosal erythema, edema, erosion, white spots and fissures, flat tongue lichen, ridges and granular granulations suddenly appear. Subjectively, the symptoms are extremely insensitive, but after 2 to 4 weeks of treatment, these early symptoms of tongue cancer will not only not heal, but will gradually spread and grow larger.

In addition, if ulcers often exist on the oral mucosa, cannot be cured for a long time, and the mucosa has no luster, or there are indescribable protrusions, such as tumors, hyperplasia, etc. You should be alert and go to the hospital for examination in time, because these may be early symptoms of tongue cancer .