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A cut on tongue by sharp teeth

2025-07-22 12:26:46
I uploaded pic of both  the day when tongue got cut..and the wound that is after 20 days pic.The wound is not healing completely from 22 days...I'm so much worried about thinking it has sign of cancer..He used to eat gutka but left eating completely from few  7or 8 months.i want to ENT doctor.. He gave some medicine to heal it..and suggest an x-ray (OPG)..please tell me what to do..each and every day is passing now very hard for us...plz suggest what to do and the best place to go for checking it.
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Stopping gutkha just for 7 to 8 months doesn't decrease risk of tobacco completely. It takes around 20 years abstinance from tobacco to completely get rid of risk of cancer. Here image looks like some submucosal fibrosis/leukoplakia Consult an ENT / dental surgeon for steroid injections in to the whitish parts of tongue
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If it starts to grow further with bleeding or ulceration, go for biopsy to rule out cancer But its Not required as of now

Answered2025-07-23 09:14:35

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