Oral Cancers-Cancers from the Mouth
July 17, 2008
What is oral cancer and how it affects the body?
Oral cancer is the cancer that begins in a person’s mouth and spreads down into the other parts of the body. There are many types of oral cancers, such as the cancer of the throat, the cancer of the neck, the cancer of the lungs and cancers of the mouth and cancers of the head, but the most common oral cancers are throat cancer and lung cancers, which are primarily caused by heavily tobacco usage and/or infections that begin in the mouth.
Who is a risk for oral cancers and how they affect the body?
Typically, those who are at risk of oral cancers are those who use lots of tobacco products, those who drink too much, those who are in the sun too much and those who have histories of neck and head cancer.
The cancer affects the body by the cancer traveling down into other organs through the esophagus and spreads from there. For those who have throat and lung cancer, the effects are that of the lungs being blackened and/or the tissues of the jaw rotting away, leaving a person with limited eating, drinking and speaking abilities.
What are the symptoms or oral cancers?
The most common symptoms of oral cancers range from patches of your mouth that are mixed with red and white colors, sores on the mouth and lips that will not heal, bleeding on the mouth, people having loose teeth, people having pain and difficulty when swallowing, difficulty wearing dentures, lumps on the neck and earaches.
How are oral cancers found and treated?
Oral cancers are found by using biopsies and x-rays to determine whether there is cancer present and if so, how it can be treated. Dental x-rays, chest x-rays, CT scan and MRI scan are also used to check for oral cancers.
Oral cancers are treated by the usage of chemotherapies, radiation therapies, surgeries and/or palliative care (a form of symptom management), which all have long-lasting effects on the body. Before and after a person is diagnosed with any oral cancer, they should consult a doctor to determine which method is the best method of treating these cancers. It is also good to get a second opinion after being diagnosed with an oral cancer, just to make sure that you actually have an oral cancer and not mistaken for another illness.
What are the effects of being treated with an oral cancer?
Well, depending on the type or types of treatment being used in the cancer, one can have experiences of severe headaches, loss of hair, endless fatigue, vision and eye problems, memory lapses and etc. Ongoing follow-up are recommended to check for any other illnesses or for complications of treatments.
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