Hard lump inside my mouth

[maianixon]

I feel pretty dumb writing this but my HA has been worse the past week again(as is probably from me posting a lot again,im sorry).

So today I found a hard lumb on the inner side of my gumbs just a bit lower down from the tooth. It's of a size of a small pea and not painful, but very hard and the colour is same as the rest of my gums. I can clearly see it and feel it. It is very hard so I don't think it could be one of those spots that you get on the inside of your mouth whatever they're called. I'm gonna call to book a dentist appointment tomorrow but it right away made me thing the worst. I am semi keeping the panic under control just because I am literally 22, non smoker (I used to smoke occasionally in the past) and my lymph nodes aren't swollen any more than usually so realistically I am telling myself there's probably very low chances it could be cancer right? Nevertheless I feel very anxious about it, it's like I never get a break. I just don't know what else this lump could be??

Literally the only thing comforting me is that atm I have 3 completely separate health worries lol so I am thinking worst case scenario only one of them would come true. And before anyone says I need to work on my anxiety Im fully aware of it and that I'm being very irrational and I've really been trying my best (going to CBT and taking medication and trying to distract myself and working on acceptance) but HA still very often gets the best of me.

[Velociraptor]

I've had these inside my mouth before, and yes they feel weird don't they?

I would say give it a couple of weeks and see if it has gone down after then or not.
Then again I guess if you've already booked a dentist appointment you might as well go along.

Like you said, you're young and not in particularly bad health so I don't think you need to worry too much about it :)

Take care

[maianixon]

thanks for the reply.
im surprisingly calm about it i managed to stay rational about my age and statistics being on my side that it is very unlikely that it could be something sinister. but yeah hopefully its all ok

[silver_shoes]

I used to work as a medical secretary in the oral medicine department of a dental hospital and I can only go on all the clinic letters that I typed, but I'd say the chances of a 22 year old non smoker having oral cancer are extremely unlikely 😊

Also, I randomly felt (with my tongue) a hard lump in my mouth on Christmas Day a couple of years ago! It had disappeared a few days later and has never returned. As others have said, just keep an eye on it and see your GP if it persists.

[Thelegend27]

Well first thing to do is calm down, second take a look at your situation rationally and ask yourself if you should really be working your self up.

There's many things that cause lumps in the mouth, I have a small bump under my tongue right on a salivary duct, sure the worst has crossed my mind, but I know its not likely cancer, its probably a stone or something like that. There's also tumors that can grow in the mouth which are not always cancerous, there's a while variety of things other than cancer that it may be. Cancer in the mouth is pretty nasty looking, when a doctor sees potential cancer in the mouth he can see it a mile away because its not a pretty sight, it can be big red, white, black sores, the mouth can be deteriorating in spots, just trust me its nasty looking stuff. But with that being said the best person to ask is a dentist and then he can send you to a specialist if he sees anything suspect.