Pain Swallowing? Beware Of Symptoms Of Tongue Cancer

Pain Swallowing? Beware Of Symptoms Of Tongue Cancer

Tongue cancer has undermined the artist Cecilia Putty Vickend. girls who had starred in the TV series and the TV MOVIES the last breath was finally in the Central Hospital of Pertamina (RSPP), Wednesday (27/12/2012). What is cancer of the tongue? How to identify symptoms and traits?

Tongue cancer Tribunnews.com quoted from infokankertumor.blogspot.com can be broadly classified into three types, namely, oral cancer, cancer of the oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer. This can affect the tongue around the base of the tongue or just.

Cause of cancer of the tongue very much. All cancers of the tongue falling within the large group of cancers called head and neck cancer. If tongue cancer is at the front of the tongue, a two-thirds fall in the subgroup of cancer of the mouth. And, if mainly in the base of the tongue, in the throat, then it is considered a type of oropharyngeal cancer.

Oral cancer is cancer in any part of the oral, and include the lips, cheeks, palate, floor of the mouth, or the front two-thirds of the non-moving part of the tongue. Cancer oropharyngeal cancer happens including in the throat or tonsils, base of the tongue.

The tongue is a muscular organ that provides some special functions. This helps us in chewing food, helps us in swallowing food is chewed, and it's important to speak. The tongue also helps to move the saliva around the oral cavity, and keep your teeth clean. The front of the free moving of the tongue is attached to the floor space of flexible structures by oral called the frenum. And the base of the tongue, which is at the top of the throat, is fixed to the bone called the hyoid bone. If tongue cancer at the base of the tongue, it can metastasize spread to the hyoid bone itself, undermines treatment and recovery.

The surface of the tongue looks pinkish-brown, covered by a layer of mucous cells, and rough in appearance. A rough appearance comes from the existence of small corrugated structure across the surface of the tongue, called papillae. In addition, a rich supply of nerves connected to sense just below the surface. guess is distributed across the surface of the tongue. Each part of the tongue has taste like salt, sweet, sour and bitter.

Some triggers cancerous growth on the tongue, among others:

* Smoking and chewing tobacco

This can trigger the development of squamous cell found on the surface of the tongue.

* Alcohol abuse

It is also responsible for triggering cancer of the tongue. The possibility of someone starting affected if any member of his family has had enough of tongue cancer incidence is high.

Early symptoms of tongue cancer to look out for.

-Bumps on tongue

-Tongue feels on fire

-Easy to bleed

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-Pain when swallowing

-Difficult swallowing food

-Difficulty to open the mouth (trismus)

-Enlargement of the cervical glands

Tongue cancer symptoms should be taken seriously, for it if you experience symptoms such as the above should immediately consult a doctor for further work.