“Experts warn that issues such as hoarseness, swallowing difficulties, swelling in the throat, nasal congestion, earache may be a precursor to head and neck cancers. Prof. Dr. Tolga Kandoğan, from the Department of Bets, gives valuable information about betting.”
Head and neck cancers cover the skin of the face, inside the nose and mouth, lips, tongue, pharynx, nasal, salivary glands, thyroid gland and larynx. The cure rate is high with early diagnosis. Although it constitutes 9 percent of all body cancers, the loss of life was recorded as 4 percent.
The main problem here is the lack of public awareness about head and neck cancers. Since patients do not know about head and neck cancers, they attribute the symptoms to other causes, and they are late in diagnosis and treatment when the time extends. The risk grows exponentially when the patients’ avoidance of going to hospitals during the pandemic process is added to the current picture’.
Don’t wait for my throat to be swollen
Palpable swelling in the head and neck region, sores on the lips, tongue, inner mouth that do not heal, crusting that does not go away, hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing, earache, cough, hearing Complaints such as loss of heart and facial paralysis should definitely be examined in detail. These symptoms can be a sign of different diseases as well as head and neck cancers. If you are complaining about one or more of the complaints, immediately consult an ENT and head and neck surgeon.
Do not attribute hoarseness to smoking
It is a major fault to attribute swelling, swallowing problems, hoarseness, change in voice to flu infections or just smoking, especially in the neck area. If these complaints persist for more than two weeks, see a specialist as soon as possible. The most common head and neck cancers in Turkey are listed as throat, thyroid, lip and tongue cancers.
It is now seen in young people
Head and neck cancers were mostly seen in men over 50 years of age who used to smoke and drink alcohol in the past. However, the prevalence of cigarette and alcohol consumption in the young population and the fact that the consumption of these elements in women was higher than in previous years both changed the risk profile and increased the incidence of the disease.
HPV infection is one of the main actors
In addition to poor oral hygiene due to smoking, alcohol use, Herpes Simplex Virus (HPV), which causes warts and herpes on the body, is also an actor of head and neck cancers. He knows about his connection to oral cancer. HPV vaccines are made and launched to prevent cervical cancer in women. It turns out that HPV virus is in the middle of the most valuable causes of head and neck cancers. Head and neck cancers due to HPV are two times more common than cervical cancers. It should not be forgotten that the HPV vaccine is also effective in preventing head and neck cancers.
