danger of cigarette smoke

A long smoke cloud in the oral cavity and exposed tongue can lead to tongue cancer Drg Tuti Octavira who practice in clinics Bakti Asih, Pondok Kacang Ciledug, Tangerang, let us say, in the early stages, marked with tongue cancer lesi or practices anchor aberration.


"Prak Anchor lesi aberration or is mukosa The Speck of white on the layer or numbness in the oral form, called leukoplakia. In general, this exemption will oral cancer," said the doctor graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Trisakti. He also said, the biggest cause of the occurrence of tongue cancer due to smoking, particularly the more than 2 pack per day. Risk will increase as mengonsumsi alcohol.


The cause of the patch or other sharp teeth caused trauma to the tongue. Cigarette smoke together in the oral cavity cancer was found trigger price. The tongue may be dry as a result of exposure to cigarette smoke. "If it is exposed to and fro work mechanism will be exaggerated. Finally, the talented people to cancer, cell selnya into a malignant cancer will ultimately tongue, the doctor said the birth of Singapore, October 6, 1981 .


Ketidakbersihan mouth and teeth, so to create the infectious bacteria lengthy and ultimately to develop a fungus to cancer can also be activated from tongue cancer. Meanwhile, the medical specialist ear nose throat (ENT) Global medika Hospital, Tangerang, Dr Asterina Suhardi Sp THT-KL says, the tongue is divided into two main parts, namely 2 / 3 front (anterior) that can be moved (eg in the oral cavity) and 1 / 3 of the back (back), which can not be moved (including the orofaring). "They are a unit, even though derived from the development of the embryo a different network," said a doctor who also practices in the hospital Eka Tangerang.


Asterina also said, tongue cancer incidence increased in line with increasing age. Usually happens at the age of about 60 years, but at this age is a shift in as many found in the youth. "Men more than women from the equation is 2:1. However, this began to shift as many women smokers," a doctor who also practices at the Royal Hospital Taruma, Grogol, West Jakarta.


Predisposisi main factor of a tongue cancer alcohol and tobacco. Moreover, the false teeth that do not fit, poor oral hygiene, chronic inflammation and genetic. Tongue cancer, Asterina said, the most common type is karsinoma cells skuamosa. As with other rare species. Tongue cancer usually occurs at the lateral edge, can be formed eksofitik, infiltratif and ulkus "The symptoms of cancer is usually a tongue wound (ulkus) as thrush not recover in the treatment of adekuat, easy bleeding, local pain, pain spreading to the ears, painful swallowing, difficult to swallow, the tongue movement is always limited. The stadium will be problems opening the mouth (trismus) and neck lymph node enlargement, a medical graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Trisakti this force in 1989.


Asterina menuturkan, tongue cancer prevention is of course risk factors that can lead to the development of cancer is the tongue. According to some studies to prevent the occurrence of cancer of the tongue starts premalignant (the beginning of violence) become malignant (malignancy). To prevent the recurrence of the tumor in another (second primary tumor) that is prevented by mukosa stabilize membrane.