How to diagnose the presence of tongue cancer

How to diagnose the presence of tongue cancer? Tongue cancer is a relatively rare malignant tumor disease, but in recent years, with the changes in our lives and habits, this uncommon disease has become more and more common, seriously threatening everyone's life and health. Therefore, we must pay attention to and understand tongue cancer. So how to diagnose the presence of tongue cancer?

How to differentiate and diagnose tongue cancer? The following is the information collected and sorted for you:

1. Traumatic ulcer

It is more common in the elderly, and is prone to occur behind the lateral edge of the tongue. There are often irritants in the corresponding parts. The ulcer is deep, with a gray-white pseudomembrane on the surface, and the base is not hard. 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.

symptom:

(1) The initial symptom is local swelling of the tongue, forming small bumps (nodules) with a rough surface;

(2) Ulcers (small sores) with raised areas around them, crater-like, and long-lasting;

(3) Local stabbing pain, especially when the tongue moves. When tongue cancer invades the tongue root, it is often accompanied by radiating ear pain on the same side of the lesion;

(4) The tongue is not able to move freely and is stiff, which affects eating and speaking. This is caused by the cancer invading the deep muscles.

(5) Tongue ulcers are prone to bleeding and erosion;

(6) In the late stage, the disease may spread to the floor of the mouth and soft palate, and enlarged lymph nodes may be felt under the ears, on both sides of the neck, and under the collar. This is a manifestation of lymph node metastasis of the cancer.

(7) Tumors can cause necrosis, ulceration and secondary infection due to ischemia and hypoxia, which can be accompanied by bleeding and foul odor. A cell smear or biopsy can confirm the diagnosis.