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#25428 10-12-2002 05:08 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 | I've been doing some research on cancer in the mouth because I suspect I have it. I bite my inside lip a lot and I noticed an area that was a lump on the bottom of my mouth. On the other side of it there is this sore thing that doesnt hurt at all but it hasnt gone away for over a yr now. Sometimes its white sometimes its red but it does have puss in it sometimes. I use to smoke for about 4yrs I quit 2 yrs ago. Im really worried this could be serious. I would like some input before I consult my doctor. By the way I'm 21 yr old Asian male. | | |
#25429 10-13-2002 12:28 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | Letting something that has existed go for a year without seeing a physician is not prudent. While you may not have a cancer, you have a chronic condition which obviously needs treatment. Your young age, combined with a very short smoking history are good things in your favor, since statistically they take you out of the primary candidates for oral cancers. Visit an ENT or your dentist SOON and have them take a look. You obviously have some long-term problem that they no doubt will be able to clear up for you. While it is not impossible for you to have oral cancer, it is rather unlikely.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#25430 10-14-2002 05:56 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 2 | Thanx for the info I will do that asap! | | |
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