Oral or Mouth Cancer: Symptoms and Risk factors

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          Oral cancer, as the name says it appears inside oral cavity. Its not true, it can appear in any part of your mouth. Rather, I would like to say that it is a type of head and neck cancer and is any cancerous tissue growth located in the oral cavity.


Oral cancer appears as a growth or sore in the mouth, it can appear in tongue, gums, inside cheeks, floor of the mouth, throat or pharynx and even in sinuses.

Symptoms of Oral cancer :

The most common symptoms of oral cancer includes:

  • Lumps or bumps, swelling or thickness or rough spots in any part of your mouth like gums, tongue etc,. 
  • Development of white and red patches inside the mouth.
  • Unexpected bleeding from mouth.
  • Sudden weight loss.
  • Unexpected loss of feeling or pain in the mouth. Paralysis in the tongue and gums or any part of the mouth.
  • Persistent sores in any part of mouth, neck, throat or ears.
  • Difficulty in swallowing and chewing.
  • Hoarseness or chronic sore throat and change in the voice.
  • Suddenly loosing teeth and abnormal change in the structure of the teeth.
  • Ear pain and soreness inside the ear.
If you notice any of the symptoms mentioned, then immediately approach to your dentist and health care professional.

Risk factors for the development of Oral cancer:

  • Cigarette, cigar or pipe smokers are ten times more likely to develop cancer than non smokers.
  • Users of dips, snuff or chewing tobacco products are 50 times more likely to develop cancers on their cheek, tongue, gums and lining of the lips.
  • Excessive consumption of alcohol.
Even the non-smokers, non-drinkers have a tendency to develop cancer. The below are some risk factors which can be a cause of cancer to anybody.
  • Family history of cancer.
  • Excessive sun exposure at the young age.
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) stains are the etiological risk factors responsible for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC). OSCC is nothing but the disorder of ears, nose, throat and mouth.
Hope you might have got some idea about oral cancer, the symptoms and the risk factors. Try to prevent as much as possible and stay healthy.

I am Debolina from West Bengal, India. I am a computer science engineer and love to write blogs.

Comments

Dr. Gaurav Goel said…
Thanks for sharing this informative post with us. Consuming alcohol and smoking tobacco product are the main cause of Throat Cancer. When someone start facing symptoms of Throat cancer or already suffering from cancer than they need to consult with Throat cancer doctor in Jaipur
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