twelveoclock
24-08-13, 21:42
Hello...I'm a 17 yo girl and I'm really scared I might have oral cancer.
See thing is I've been waking up with blood in my mouth for about a year. First I thought it was from my gums so I improved my dental hygiene even more but the blood kept coming. So I realised it wasn't from my gums but from the throat. Still didn't do anything about it thinking it would go away. in winter it did. started again in summer. I'm positive that it isn't from my lungs, stomach or nose.
So today I took a torch and realized there is a single red spot on the roof at the back of my mouth. it is flat, red, painless and has a diameter of like half a centimetre. So this is what s been bleeding all the time. it bleeds when I rinse my mouth. and obviously when I sleep so that I have some blood in my mouth when I wake up.
Now this description of red, painless spot that bleeds easily totally fits this one symptom of oral cancer which is the only thing Google's showing up when I searched. I don't smoke, never have.
I do intend to go to a doctor next week (high time I did) but I am extremely scared right now. :(
See thing is I've been waking up with blood in my mouth for about a year. First I thought it was from my gums so I improved my dental hygiene even more but the blood kept coming. So I realised it wasn't from my gums but from the throat. Still didn't do anything about it thinking it would go away. in winter it did. started again in summer. I'm positive that it isn't from my lungs, stomach or nose.
So today I took a torch and realized there is a single red spot on the roof at the back of my mouth. it is flat, red, painless and has a diameter of like half a centimetre. So this is what s been bleeding all the time. it bleeds when I rinse my mouth. and obviously when I sleep so that I have some blood in my mouth when I wake up.
Now this description of red, painless spot that bleeds easily totally fits this one symptom of oral cancer which is the only thing Google's showing up when I searched. I don't smoke, never have.
I do intend to go to a doctor next week (high time I did) but I am extremely scared right now. :(