Approximately 40,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or pharyngeal cancer this year and it will cause over 8,000 deaths. The death rate associated with this cancer is particularly high because it is usually discovered late in its development. Oral Cancer is often discovered when the cancer has spread most of the time to they lymph nodes of the neck.
Diagnosis. You should contact your doctor or dentist if you notice one of the following on you or a loved one:
- A sore or lesion in the mouth that does not heal within 2 weeks.
- a lump or thickening in the cheek.
- A white or red patch on the gums, tongue, tonsil, or lining in your mouth.
- A sore throat or feeling that something is stuck in the throat.
- Difficulty swallowing and chewing or moving the jaw or tongue.
- Numbness of any area of your mouth.
- Swelling and a hoarse voice.
Treatment: Once the diagnosis has been made and you do indeed have oral cancer, there are a couple of different options for you to treat it depending on the severity of the situation. The most common one is surgery and radiation, with chemotherapy added to decrease the possibility of metastasis. There are also more natural ways to approach healing your body of cancer. You can start with seeing a nutritionist or herbal doctor. It is important to remember the saying "Let your medicine be your food and your food be your medicine." Eating right will keep your body in good condition and especially can determine your fate of life or death. Your body is fighting so hard during this time that it needs all the help it can get so maintaining a healthy immune system is vital in overcoming the sickness.
If you are a smoker, chewing tobacco, and drink alcohol, your chances of getting oral cancer are greatly increased. It is important that you gain as much information as you can on what to beware of and also you need to see your dentist professional at least every 6 months and have him or her do an oral cancer screening.
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