- Difficulty in chewing or swallowing food
- Difficulty in moving the tongue or jaw
- Swelling of the jaws, which makes the dentures either fit poorly or painful
- Changes in the voice
- Unwanted weight loss or unexplainable loss of weight
- Bad breath that does not go away
- Loosening of teeth
- Formation of lump in the neck
- Numbness in any part of the mouth, especially the tongue
- Sore throat or a feeling that something is stuck in the throat and refuses to go away
- Pain in the jaw or teeth
If you think that you are going through any of these symptoms for over a week or a couple of days, make sure that you visit your doctor immediately. Also, on your first visit, the doctor would recommend tests to completely diagnose the medical condition. As with any type of cancer, getting oral cancer diagnosed early on can prevent a lot of complications. Besides, treatment measure have a far better scope of working effectively if the cancer is diagnosed before it has advanced to a higher and stubborn stage.
September 7, 2022
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