Mouth cancer, know the signs and symptoms
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Although oral cancer can develop due to genetic factors, there is also a high predisposition in people who smoke and consume excess liquor.
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If there has been a person with mouth cancer in your family, you are a possible candidate to develop this disease.
However, although it is a genetic disease like other types of cancer, there is also a high risk of developing it if you are a frequent smoker or drinker.
Mouth cancer occurs mainly in the lips (usually, in the lower), inside the mouth and in the back of the throat, in the tonsils or in the salivary glands.
It affects men more frequently than women, and it is mainly suffered by people over 40 years of age.
To identify this disease in time, it is necessary to visit the dentist frequently, at least twice a year, but if you notice any strange appearance of ulcers or lumps anywhere in the oral cavity, you should immediately call the dentist.
Late detection of oral cancer may involve surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. It can also prove fatal with a five-year survival rate for approximately 50% of cases.
symptom
You will not always be able to identify the first warning signs, hence the importance of regular dental and medical check-ups. However, you should visit your dentist if you notice any sores on your lips, gums or inside your mouth that bleeds easily and does not heal, even if you have trouble chewing or swallowing food, white or red spots on the gums, the tongue or inside the mouth, pain without any explanation in the mouth or feeling of choking in the throat.
Once the specialist has performed a visualization or palpation test, it will be he who determines if it is necessary to perform another type of intervention to have an accurate diagnosis.
TreatmentThe treatment to follow with a possible mouth cancer is very similar to that of another type of cancer.
First, it is necessary to determine, through a biopsy in a pathology center, whether the cancer is benign or malignant as the case may be.
Once this is determined, the specialist, who in this case could be an oral surgeon, a periodontist or a pathologist, will determine the process to be followed until the possible elimination of oral cancer.
If the cancer is identified early, there is a high probability that it will be cured permanently, however, in some cases the malignant cells will persist.
As in other cases of cancer, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are effective procedures for the elimination of the disease, only that according to the patient the frequency of these procedures must be determined.
Beware of dental prostheses
According to Dr. Wilson Núñez Gamboa, a periodontist and osseointegration specialist, poorly adapted dental prostheses can trigger mouth cancer.
"When the person can not eat due to maladjustments of his prosthesis and begins to feel irritations that affect the normal functioning of his mouth, it is necessary that he turn to the specialist to be attended immediately, since some people ignore these pains and finally the body ends up adapting to the pain and over time the ulcers that can turn into a mouth cancer are generated, since the tissues are burned asymptomatically and the patient does not pay attention to those alerts.
Some forms of cancer in the mouth begin with whitish lesions, or reddened lesions that have been present for more than 14 days and may appear in:
1 On the tongue, lip or any other area of the mouth.
2 Usually of small size.
3 Pale color although they may be dark or discolored.
4 Initially painless.
5 With a burning or painful feeling in advanced stages.
Doctor Wilson Núñez Gamboa
Periodontist specialist in Osseointegration
What people are predisposed to mouth cancer?
There is a high genetic predisposition. However, people who smoke excessively and who drink too much alcohol are also prone to develop this disease. Likewise, people who have poorly adapted prostheses are also candidates for mouth cancer.
What are the main symptoms?Reddening of the buccal walls, or on the contrary, white ulcers in them. Frequent strange pains in the oral cavity, strange masses on the tongue, difficulty speaking or chewing. Everything depends on the state of the cancer.
What should the person do if they identify any of these symptoms?
Immediately you must use the specialist so that he is the one who identifies the illness and decides on the treatment plan to follow.
Is this cancer curable?
If cancer of the mouth is detected early, there is a great chance of cure. Everything depends on a timely treatment.
Recommendations to avoid mouth cancer
They must have healthy lifestyle habits, maintain a good diet, have good oral hygiene, avoid excess of cigarettes and alcohol, and mainly. Visit the dentist at least twice a year.
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