The mouth is the starting point of the human digestive tract, and when food enters the stomach and intestines, the part that must pass through it is the mouth. The oral cavity is also the main part of the secretion of saliva and the salivary glands. It can also be used to resist the invasion of external microorganisms.
Speaking of oral diseases, the first thing that comes to mind is mouth ulcers, if there is a fire or liver fire, oral diseases will cause mouth ulcers.
At the same time, oral diseases also include oral cancer, which is a malignant tumor that occurs in the mouth, and as the cells are constantly stimulated and lesions divide, malignant mutations are formed.
In medicine, oral cancer, known as oropharyngeal cancer, tongue cancer, lip cancer, these cancers, has seriously affected people's daily lives, but also become one of the killers that threaten human health.
What are the signs of early oral cancer?
1: Mouth ulcers are difficult to heal for a long time
In general, mouth ulcers will recover over a period of time, and mouth ulcers are easy to recover. The onset of the disease does not require immediate medication or can heal completely on its own in a short period of time.
But the appearance of mouth ulcers needs a cure, and there is a burning sensation, pain, at this time must cause vigilance, often there is a possibility of oral cancer, because oral cancer is in the form of mouth ulcers.
2: Long-term pain in the throat
When oral cancer appears, there is generally no obvious pain in the early stages. It is only to feel abnormal friction, and then slowly and gradually form ulcers. The shape of the ulcer is uneven and painful as soon as it touches the oral mucosa.
This pain sensation will then move down, inducing active pain, if you find that the throat has a long-term pain sensation, and there is no relief after drug treatment, you should be vigilant in time.
3: Lymphadenopathy of the neck
Normally, the position of the mouth and throat and neck is relatively related, and if the mouth has a disease, it is easy for most of the cells to transfer to the cervical lymph nodes.
Cancer cells that go to the cervical lymph nodes will have a collision reaction in the lymph nodes. Therefore, when the lymph nodes in the neck suddenly swell, they should also be checked in time.
4: Oral dysfunction
Because cancer cells can affect the proliferation of normal tissue cells, as well as their functioning. When you suddenly find that your open and closed muscles and mandibular joints are in the opening and closing, they are restricted and hindered, and most of the above three conditions are common symptoms of oral cancer.
But we can't use them entirely to determine whether we have oral cancer.
Which types of people are at high risk for oral cancer?
[1] People who smoke and drink alcohol
Long-term smoking and drinking will greatly increase the risk of oral cancer, and some research experiments have shown that people who smoke and drink for a long time have a 27% higher probability of developing oral cancer than normal people. Alcohol contains some solvents that are strong carcinogens, which can invade the oral mucosa. There are more than 600 kinds of toxic substances harmful to the human body in cigarettes, which can damage lung organs and damage the mouth.
[2] Vitamin A deficiency
The human body is composed of a variety of vitamins and a variety of nutrients, when the body lacks vitamin A, it will reduce its own immune barrier. The oral secretion of saliva is damaged, resulting in a large number of bacteria invading the mouth, increasing the risk of oral cancer, and also appearing oral infection disease.
[3] Family inheritors
Oral cancer is hereditary to some extent, if one's parents and family members have oral cancer. The probability of oral cancer in offspring will reach more than 30%. Therefore, in peacetime, we must pay attention to our oral hygiene, stay away from bad living habits, quit smoking and alcohol, and maintain oral health.
How to prevent oral cancer?
1: Avoid long-term contact with light to prevent the phenomenon of lip cancer
2, should avoid long-term drinking and smoking, which to a certain extent greatly reduces the probability of oral cancer
3. Patients wearing dentures, found that there is pain, inflammation and swelling in the tissue under the dentures, must go to the hospital for emergency medical treatment, and strive to achieve early detection, early detection and early treatment of cancer.
4, do not eat too hot, do not drink too hot water, coarse grains with, in order to avoid irritating oral tissue
5, develop good cleaning habits, often brush your teeth, and then rinse your mouth, pay attention to the balance of nutrition, and do not stimulate the mouth.
6. Go to the hospital regularly for oral examination and keep abreast of your oral health status
7. For patients with tooth extraction, or patients with wisdom teeth removal, because wearing dentures is effective in preventing oral infections
8. Actively participate in the anti-cancer publicity of oral cancer
【Conclusion】: The mouth is the main organ of our chewing food, and we chew three meals a day in the mouth. Be sure to ensure the health of the mouth, when you have mouth ulcers, you must observe them in time. If the mouth ulcer has not healed within one to two weeks, you should go to the hospital in time for examination.
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