the inside lining of the cheeks.These cancers usually occur in the thin, flat cells called squamous cells that line the buccal mucosa and other parts of the mouth. Inner cheek cancer is classified as squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer on the outer cheeks is considered skin cancer.Using tobacco products and regularly drinking too much alcohol can increase our chances for developing cancer in the inner cheek. Dentists are typically the first to notice signs of inner cheek cancer, often during a routine dental exam.
Causes of Cheek Cancer
The common cause of chhek cancer are
1. Use of tobacco and alcohol
2. Disease is treated with surgery, chemotherapy or both.
Symptoms of Cheek Cancer
Signs of inner cheek cancer may include the following:
- White, red, or dark patches in the mouth
- Lump inside cheek tissue
- Mouth pain or numbness
- Soreness or a feeling that something is caught in your throat
- Difficulty moving your jaw
- Severe ear pain
- Hoarseness
- Loose teeth or pain around your teeth
- Dentures that no longer fit
- Jaw pain or swelling
Homeopathic Treatment of Cheek Cancer
NITRIC ACID 3C - Useful for cheek cancer with sharp , splinter –like pains.There is pain and swelling of the jaw, especially the upper one with hardness.Useful for salivation.There is bloody saliva with green coating on tongue.
CISTUS CANADENSIS - Useful for cheek cancer with cold feeling.THhere is sensation of coldness in various parts of the body. Useful when mouth feels cold, putrid with impure breath.
MERCURIUS CYNATUS 200 - Useful where there is ulcer in cheek with a gray membrane.Therte is pain and swelling of salivary glands.Also useful for Fetid breath.
