Do not confuse tongue cancer and mouth heat

The manifestation of tongue cancer has many similarities with oral fever. So how to distinguish these two diseases for early detection and timely management?

Tongue cancer is a malignant disease that directly threatens a person's life. Meanwhile, oral heat is benign, just need thorough oral hygiene, take a mild dose of antibiotics or add vitamins B and C and stop using alcohol, hot spicy tobacco will be removed after 10 day.

The manifestation of tongue cancer has many similarities with oral fever.

Similarities between tongue cancer and oral heat

1. Red or white patches of red spots appear on the tongue of the patient.
2. These spots will spread, sores, directly affect eating and living.

Differences between tongue cancer and

Heat mouth

Oral infection, painful swelling.

Oral infection, pain and swelling, an ulcer in the oral cavity hindering the chewing and swallowing of patients. Ulcers are only found in the tongue, inner cheeks, gums and some other places in the oral cavity.

The ulcer is milky white, causing the surrounding area to be swollen and painful, even with a nodule in the jaw area and cheeks. Usually the ulcers will go away from 7-10 days from the onset. When the disease decreases, the swelling and pain of the ulcer gradually decreases, the mucous area of ​​the ulcer will heal soon afterwards.

When you have oral heat, you just need to clean your mouth thoroughly, take a mild dose of antibiotics or add vitamins B and C and stop using alcohol, hot spicy cigarettes will be removed after 10 days.

Tongue cancer

Tongue ulcer, rapid weight loss, general fatigue . warning tongue cancer.

Oncologists say that, when they have tongue cancer, the patient will experience symptoms :

1. Tongue ulcers
2. Rapid weight loss, body fatigue
3. Anorexia, tongue bleeding
4. There are tumors in the tongue area
5. Having trouble opening your mouth, swallowing food, speaking
6. The sores on the tongue will last for a long time, in addition, the tongue may be hardened in certain locations

Early detection of tongue cancer increases the ability to cure diseases. Currently, there are many treatments for tongue cancer, but the specific method for the patient depends on the specific condition of each patient such as the number, size, tumor location, status general health of patients .

However, 90% of patients with tongue cancer are detected when the lesions have spread, must be radical surgery (removal of part or all of the tongue, depending on the location and size of the tumor).