Red patch in mouth

[Bl4ze]

Yea I’m not sure if I have any other symptoms and I don’t have the risk factors either but this red patch I have (not sue how long I had it, noticed it two days ago) seems to be exactly the same as Erythroplakia, which is like a precancerous lesion so I’m scared and also it’s painless

[Carys]

Well, of course there are lots of other things it could be....you teeth rubbing on the inside of your mouth....a patch you burnt with some hot food....an area where you had an ulcer....braces that rub.....theres any number of things it could be.

[Bl4ze]

Thank you for the advice Carys

[Carys]

You mentioned you 'only noticed it'....it could be something that is always there or has been there for a long time. I think this is extraordinarily unlikely, given that you are so young and have no risk factors.
Have your parents had a look at it?

[Bl4ze]

It’s just weird that I would get this since literally 99% of people who get this are like smokers or tobacco users and I don’t know what would cause it other than cancer maybe

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Yes my parents have seen it and they pretty much completely ignore me

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They won’t take me to the dr or dentist either

[Carys]

OK, look, you've just said it there 99% of people who get this are smokers. You aren't a smoker. So, isn't the most likely thing that this simply isn't what you think it is. To the untrained eye one red patch can look very much like another red patch.

Do you mind me asking your age?

[Bl4ze]

13

[Carys]

The incident of Oral cancer in your age group is apparently for all practical purposes zero. Your parents have taken a look and dismissed it as nothing to be concerned about, therefore as your parents want you to be healthy, happy and well-cared for they wouldn't surely say it was nothing if it was something.

[Bl4ze]

Alas, Dr Google suggests otherwise

[Fishmanpa]

13

I'm an oral cancer survivor. You can put OC out of your mind "." (period)

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