Learn more about the causes of tongue cancer

In life, if a doctor announces that a patient has cancer, he or she will fall into fear and anxiety, fear of death, blame others, lament that God is unfair, and regret not taking good care of the body. In fact, we can understand the cause of the disease and prevent the disease from coming. Today, let us take a closer look at the causes of tongue cancer.

1. External factors: ① Chronic infection: Inflammation or ulcers on the tongue that do not heal for a long time have a tendency to become cancerous.

②Poor oral hygiene.

③ Mechanical stimulation: residual crowns and roots of teeth, sharp gingival edges, poor denture restorations, especially metal dentures, can cause long-term stimulation of the tongue mucosa to produce ulcers, and eventually lead to cancer.

④ Chemical factors: Aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco are carcinogenic, especially for cigar or pipe smokers. Long-term drinkers of strong alcohol have 15 times more chance of developing oral cancer. This phenomenon shows that the stimulation of tobacco and alcohol is also one of the causes of tongue cancer.

2. Internal factors: ① After the age of 40, the epithelial layer of the tongue gradually shrinks, and the resistance to harmful stimuli from the outside world is weakened, making it easy to develop cancer;

② Malnutrition: Vitamin A and B vitamins deficiency can easily lead to cancer;

③ Other benign diseases of the tongue mucosa may become malignant, such as leukoplakia and erythema on the tongue mucosa, ulceration or nodules, which may lead to malignant transformation. Leukoplakia and erythema are called precancerous lesions because they have similar characteristics to squamous cell carcinoma in histology. Erythema and leukoplakia are often accompanied by oral cancer, especially erythema, which has a greater tendency to become malignant.

Among the many carcinogenic factors of tongue cancer, all of them can cause direct damage to the tongue mucosal epithelium, causing degeneration, inflammation, necrosis, hyperplasia, atrophy and metaplasia of the local mucosa, which is the basis of carcinogenesis.

After reading the above introduction, I think everyone should understand the main causes of tongue cancer. In fact, in many cases, if you suffer from tongue cancer, it is mainly due to the bad living environment, and part of the reason is that everyone’s eating habits are not good. In order to avoid this serious disease, everyone should pay attention to their health at ordinary times. If there is a problem, check it in time and clarify your condition in time.