Causes of Tongue Cancer

Causes of Tongue Cancer, Cancer is a malignancy that arises from epithelial tissue of the tongue mucosa.

Such as cancer in general, the cause of tongue cancer is not known with certainty.

However, there are several factors suspected to be a trigger, such as:

A. Smoking.

2. Chewed tobacco.

3. Alcohol.

4. Chronic infection.

5. Chronic trauma of sharp teeth, causing trauma to the tongue.

Oral hygiene is not maintained.

Cancer is often experienced by men with a ratio of 2:1 that the number of events increases with age.

Tongue cancer symptoms can be a wound that never healed ulcers, easy bleeding and pain.

Symptoms can include feeling sakiot radiating to the ear and neck pain and difficulty swallowing, and tongue movement becomes very limited.

 

Diagnosis of cancer of the tongue can be known by taking some of the suspected tissue, whether or not the cancer is found.

Coupled with x-ray inspection photo, T Scan and MRI.

Treatment depends on patient condition, type and stage of cancer that results can be taken later in the form of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.