Cancer of The Mouth

The single leading cause of cancer of the mouth is tobacco usage both smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking. Apart from smoking, excessive alcohol consumption may also lead to oral cancer. It affects 30000 people in the United States every year.

Carcinogens contained in smokeless tobacco and smoking tobacco alter the cell DNA in your mouth predisposing a smoker to cancer. Within the mouth cancer may occur underneath the tongue between the cheek and the gums where chewing tobacco is held and even on the tongue.

Oral cancer can be cured best if detected early. However, in most cases when symptoms show it will be advanced making it difficult to control. Chewing tobacco users and smokers in general are advised to constantly check for tissue lesions in the mouth which normally are precancerous. Sores and redness in the mouth must be left to heal and checked out to avoid precancerous wounds.

These chewing tobacco pictures show the effects of oral cancer in smokeless tobacco users.The are other cancers caused by smoking such as lung cancer and cancer of the cervix

Mouth cancer symptoms

Whitish and reddish patches in the mouth
Sores or blisters in the mouth
Problems swallowing
Earaches
Misfitting dentures - oral cancer also causes loose teeth
Bleeding from the mouth
Pain in the neck
Lump in the neck

Once these symptoms have been identified, there is need for a professional medical evaluation by your physician. The first and foremost thing to do before any medication is to quit smoking.

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