Tongue root tumor symptoms?

summary

Tongue base cancer refers to the primary epithelial malignant tumor at the root of the tongue, which is the most common oral cancer. It mostly occurs at the root of the tongue, and is more common in men. Squamous cell carcinoma was the main pathological type, but the degree of differentiation was worse than tongue carcinoma. Small salivary gland cancer is also common, and undifferentiated cancer can be seen. Lymph node metastasis may occur in the early stage of tongue root carcinoma, and in the late stage, it usually metastasizes to lung, bone, liver and other organs. Tongue root tumor symptoms? Let's talk about it

Tongue root tumor symptoms?

First of all, the early symptoms of tongue cancer are limited tongue movement, leukoplakia, chapped teeth, loose teeth, scales, increased saliva secretion, bloody nose, and so on,

The tumor is easy to expand to tongue, epiglottis and parapharyngeal space. 75% of tongue base cancer can touch the neck lymph nodes, 30% of which are bilateral. The lymph nodes under the digastric muscle were first involved.

The early symptoms of tongue root cancer are foreign body sensation or swallowing pain. With the growth of the tumor, dysphagia, unclear language and deep ear pain may appear. In the late stage, the above symptoms were aggravated and often manifested as tongue fixation, salivation and halitosis.

matters needing attention

The last thing to note is that patients should also pay attention to their own sports, exercise their physique more. Should pay attention to adjust diet, eat more nutritious food, and easy to digest food, eat more vegetables and fruits to supplement vitamins, usually to maintain a good attitude, optimistic mood is very important for the treatment of disease.