Swelling Lump On Roof of the Mouth = Mouth Cancer? Posted: 08-01-05 13:15pm
I have a lump on the roof of my mouth
towards the back corner. It comes and
goes. It used to not happen too often
but now I get it every few days, usaully
after I eat something. It appears as a
little, hard bump and then swells larger
and larger until it eventually pops, like
a blister or pimple(yeah, I know, kind of
gross). Even when it's gone I can still
feel a kind of hardness beneath the
skin.
It first started to appear about 7 months
ago.
I'm worried it could be mouth cancer. I
don't smoke or chew tobbaco. As for my
research on the internet, the only
matching smptoms i've seen is mouth
cancer.
I don't think mocucele diagnosis
matches.
I'm kind of afraid to go to the dentist.
I don't have any kind of insurance or
anything.
Has anyone seen a similiar symptom to this
that wasn't mouth cancer?
Anyway, thanks for your time in reading
this.
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bemartz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 1
roof of mouth swelling Posted: 04-01-08 22:08pm
I have the same problem except my bumps
are not hard they are soft and almost feel
like they are filled with water. they are
tender to the touch mostly worse when I
eat, and usually almost unnoticeable the
rest of the time until i think about it. I
found some stuff about mucous retention
cysts which are salivary glands that leaks
into the tissue to cause it to swell until
it 'pops'. I think that may be the case.
Nothing life threatening:)
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prdent1
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Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 70
Posted: 04-02-08 15:59pm
you will need a panoramic radiography and
a dentist diagnosis
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