What are the dangers of common tongue cancer

Tongue cancer is a common oral disease and has attracted people's attention because of its high incidence. When it comes to tongue cancer, patients are miserable. Many people have heard of it, but they don't know much about its specific harms. So today we will learn about the harms of common tongue cancer.

Tongue cancer is the most common oral cancer, and it usually occurs at the edge of the tongue, followed by the tip and back of the tongue. Advanced tongue cancer often causes difficulty in speaking, eating, and swallowing. At the same time, because the tongue has abundant lymphatic vessels and blood circulation, and the tongue has frequent mechanical movements, tongue cancer often metastasizes to the cervical lymph nodes at an early stage. In addition, tongue cancer can also metastasize to distant sites, usually to the lungs. The earlier radical surgery is performed for tongue cancer, the better the effect.

The hazards of tongue cancer: 1. Tongue cancer can cause sudden appearance of mucosal erythema, edema, erosion, white spots and fissures, flat tongue lichen, protrusions and granular granulations in the oral cavity. Although there is no obvious discomfort, after 2 to 4 weeks of treatment, the disease not only does not heal, but slowly spreads and grows.

The second harm of tongue cancer is that tongue cancer can cause sudden loosening and falling of teeth, poor tooth occlusion when chewing food, discomfort of dentures for those with dentures, numbness and pain in the mouth and pharynx, and no improvement after general symptomatic treatment.

The third harm of tongue cancer is that tongue cancer can cause sudden and persistent symptoms such as increased saliva secretion, drooling, bloody nasal discharge, choking sensation when swallowing, maxillofacial lumps and swollen lymph nodes, and these symptoms may even gradually worsen.

The harm of tongue cancer is that the tongue and cervical lymph nodes metastasize early, often limited to the pharyngeal and deep cervical lymph nodes, and the root ulcer can occasionally metastasize to the styloid process and the pharyngeal lymph nodes. A small number of patients can metastasize through the blood and often to the lungs. Tongue cancer is often complicated by infection, and in the late stage, it is often complicated by tissue necrosis, hemorrhage, and aspiration pneumonia.

It can be seen that the harm of tongue cancer is very great, so when we suffer from tongue cancer, we must go to a regular hospital for treatment in time to minimize the harm of the disease to the body. At the same time, we must also pay attention to health and hygiene in life, strengthen nutrition and physical exercise, and enhance physical fitness.