What are the main differential diagnosis methods for tongue cancer

What are the main differential diagnosis methods for tongue cancer? The occurrence of tongue cancer is mainly related to the patient's living and eating habits, and the symptoms of tongue cancer are relatively easy to find. If abnormal symptoms appear in the mouth and last for a long time, you need to go to the hospital for examination and diagnosis in time. So what are the main differential diagnosis methods for tongue cancer?

Differential Diagnosis of Tongue Cancer

1. Traumatic ulcer

It is more common in the elderly, and is prone to occur behind the lateral edge of the tongue. There is often an irritant in the corresponding area. The ulcer is deep, with a gray-white pseudomembrane on the surface and a soft base. It can heal on its own after the irritant is removed.

2. Tuberculous ulcer

Most cases occur on the back of the tongue, and occasionally on the tip and edge of the tongue. The ulcer is superficial, purple-red, with irregular edges, and appears as a rat-bite-like insidious lesion with a small mouth and a large bottom, with no infiltration at the base. Patients often have a history of tuberculosis.

Tongue cancer care

1. Preoperative diet

Before surgery, obese patients should adhere to a high-protein, low-fat diet, supplement more vitamins, store some protein and consume body fat to prevent excessive body fat from affecting wound healing; thinner patients should have a high-calorie, high-protein, high-vitamin diet before surgery to enable patients to maintain a normal weight and better tolerate surgery.

2. Postoperative diet

It is generally difficult to eat in the early postoperative period. You can eat mainly liquid or semi-liquid food, and then slowly transition to a normal diet. You can drink more milk, eat more dairy products and soy products, eat more lotus root powder, fresh fruits, fish, eggs, beef, etc., to supplement fat, protein and vitamins, promote nutrition, strengthen physical fitness and improve immunity.

During the treatment, the patient can also sit for a while after meals or take a slow walk every day to increase the patient's appetite, thereby increasing the patient's body resistance. To improve the long-term efficacy of tongue cancer, early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment, and regular follow-up are necessary. If surgery is possible, it is better to have surgery as soon as possible. The treatment effect of auxiliary Chinese medicine is better, which can improve the success rate of surgery, control the development of the disease, eliminate residual cancer cells after surgery, improve people's immunity, appetite, sleep, and quality of life.