Tongue cancer history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]

Overview

Symptoms of tongue cancer include a red or white patch on the tongue, sore throat, an ulcer or lump on the tongue, pain on swallowing, speaking, or moving the tongue, numbness in the mouth, bleeding from the tongue, pain in the ear, and pain in the mouth or tongue.

Symptoms

The symptoms of tongue cancer includes the following:

• A red or white patch on the tongue
• Sore throat
• An ulcer or lump on the tongue
• Pain on swallowing, speaking, or moving the tongue
• Numbness in the mouth
• Unexplained bleeding from the tongue (that is not caused by biting the tongue or from other injury)
• Pain in the ear
• Pain in the mouth or tongue