What are the symptoms of oral cancer?

Malignant tumor is one of the main causes of human death at present, among which oral malignant tumor accounts for a certain proportion. Oral malignant tumors are mostly located in exposed parts, which have the characteristics of short course, rapid progress and high malignancy. Oral cancer may have no obvious symptoms in the early stage, and sometimes it is easily misdiagnosed as chronic inflammation, ulcer, dental disease or granulation tissue hyperplasia. When the symptoms are obvious, most cancers have reached the middle and late stage, which brings difficulties to radical cure. Therefore, understanding the early symptoms and precancerous manifestations of oral cancer is of great significance for prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. What are the early symptoms of oral cancer? Let's learn about the early symptoms of oral cancer.

The early symptoms of oral cancer mainly include:

1. Suddenly the teeth become loose or fall off, and the teeth bite badly when chewing food. People with dentures feel uncomfortable wearing dentures, and their mouth and throat are numb and painful. After general anti-inflammatory and symptomatic treatment, it has not improved.

2. The oral mucosa has a long-term unhealed ulcer, the mucosa is pale and dull, similar to white spots, and there is fibrous induration under the mucosa.

3. Localized lip mucosa thickening or desquamation, accompanied by grayish white keratinization.

4. The oral mucosa suddenly appears erythema, edema, erosion, white spot chapped, lichen planus, protuberance or granular granulation. Although there was no obvious discomfort, after 2-4 weeks of treatment, it did not heal, but spread more.

5. Although some protuberant vegetations in the oral cavity are benign lesions, such as papilloma, hyperplasia caused by denture stimulation, suppurative granuloma, etc. , a few will develop into squamous cell carcinoma, but also be vigilant.

6. Sudden limited tongue movement, unclear language, and sore throat when swallowing.

7. There are many unexplained bleeding and jaw opening and closing difficulties in the oral cavity.

8. The early symptoms of oral cancer include sudden increase in saliva secretion, nosebleeds, choking sensation when swallowing, lumps in maxillofacial region, swollen lymph nodes, etc., which persist or even worsen.

Finally, experts remind everyone that we must pay more attention to physical changes in our daily lives. When the body has the early symptoms of oral cancer, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time, so as to achieve early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment of oral cancer, ensure good health and cherish life!