Lip Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, and Risk Factors – 24vita Diseases

2024-02-16 22:06:25

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Lip cancer usually begins with a painless wart. There are also other signs that can indicate a malignant tumor.

Canker sores in the mouth can occur in various places. When it comes to oral cancer, the tongue and floor of the mouth are most commonly affected by a tumor. But so-called carcinomas can also develop on the lips, which form metastases in the early stages and are therefore dangerous.

Lip cancer: six symptoms that may indicate a tumor

Lip cancers usually form in the thinner skin of the lower lip. © Artem Varnitsin/IMAGO

As a rule, mouth cancer remains, according to the medical manual MSD Manual Painless for a long time and is therefore often only recognized late. Lip cancer is according to information from medizin-lexikon.de a particularly malignant form of skin cancer. This can develop in the tissues of the lips and usually begins as a painless wart. The thinner skin of the lower lip is often affected by a tumor, but cancer can also develop on the upper lip and the border between the lips and facial skin. Lip cancer can manifest itself through the following symptoms:

• Sores or ulcers on the lips that, unlike normal lip injuries, do not heal and can sometimes be painful
• Changes in lip color (for example, red, white, or dark spots)
• Swelling or thickening around the lips
• Changes in the texture of the lip skin (such as thickening or hardening)
• Pain, numbness or tingling of the lips (usually occurs in advanced stages of lip cancer)
• Loss of clear lip contour
• Swollen lymph nodes in the neck or jaw area

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