How is oral cavity cancer to return a responsibility?

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Oral cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in head and neck. Early diagnosis is the key to improve the prognosis. People over 40 years old, long-term smokers with more than 20 cigarettes per day, both smokers and drinkers, oral leukoplakia caused by alcohol and tobacco, and long-term chewing betel nut need to be extra vigilant against oral cancer. Now let me talk to you about oral and maxilla cancer?.

How is oral cavity cancer to return a responsibility?

First, the warning signs of oral cancer, the following warning signs of oral cancer, to be vigilant, if there are any of the following symptoms, should be treated as soon as possible. 1. There are more than 2 weeks of unhealed ulcers in the mouth. 2. There are white, red or dark spots on oral mucosa. 3. Abnormal swelling and lymphadenopathy in the mouth and neck. 4. Repeated oral bleeding, the cause of bleeding is unknown. 5. Unexplained numbness and pain in face, mouth, throat and neck.

Second: the self-examination method, regular oral examination, can achieve the goal of early treatment, disease-free prevention. In addition to regular oral health care, doctors should also learn self-examination methods. Under sufficient illumination, face the mirror, and carry out self-examination according to the following methods and steps: 1. Overall examination: observe the symmetry of the head and neck, and pay attention to the change of skin color. 2. Face examination: touch the face with the index finger of both hands. If there is color change, tenderness or lump, and the wart and nevus increase, you should seek medical examination in time. 3. Neck examination: touch the neck, from behind the ear to the clavicle, pay attention to the pain and mass, and check the left and right sides of the neck. 4. Double lip examination: open the lower lip, observe the red part of the lip and the mucosa inside the lip, touch the lower lip from the inside out with the index finger and thumb, and do the same examination on the upper lip, touch whether there is a lump, and observe whether there is trauma.

Third: lymph node enlargement, oral cancer metastasis to the neck lymph nodes nearby, sometimes the primary lesion is very small, even the symptoms are not obvious, but the neck lymph nodes found metastatic cancer cells. Therefore, if the cervical lymph nodes suddenly swell, it is necessary to check the oral cavity.

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Regular examination is to detect early and improve the early cure rate. If the diameter of oral cancer is 2 cm or less and there is no metastasis, the 5-year survival rate can be increased by 2 times; 1 cm or less, it can be increased three times. Therefore, early detection and early treatment are of great significance to reduce the mortality of oral cancer.