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What Causes A Swollen Bump On The Tongue And Pressure In Ear?

I have a string like swollen bump on the bottom of my tounge. It kind of burns and my tooth on that side burns around the gumline as well. The bump is actually a string...I thought it was a bump until I started messing with it. I m afraid it s mouth cancer. I have smoked for 10 Years and just filled a prescription for chantix so I m attempting to quit. The string is on the bottom part of my tounge and isn t white it is red. I frequently have ear pressure on that side as well. Could it be mouth cancer, and if it was would it have shown up in a CBC? Nothing abnormal showed up in avrecebt CBC except my monocyte count was a little high. Please help and thank you. Oh and I have had this bump for several months now and it hasn t gotten smaller. I notice it eveyday. Thank u.
Thu, 16 Apr 2020
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Hi,

Noted the history of having a bump in mouth for over many months, smoker, some pain at the bump and tooth nearby, worried if it is cancer.
If you would have posted the photos and given history about whether the bump enlarges during salivation like chewing, this would have helped a lot.
Well, this can be due to the following reasons:
Stone in the submandibular salivary gland.
Cancer should be ruled by biopsy only and added on by CT scan or so since blood tests are not indicative of cancer in mouth cancer cases.
Consult an ENT Surgeon for proper palpation of the bump, clinical evaluation and investigations to tell you the most probable reason.
Once a proper diagnosis is made then it is possible to have proper management as per the cause found and have effective management.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon
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What Causes A Swollen Bump On The Tongue And Pressure In Ear?

Hi, Noted the history of having a bump in mouth for over many months, smoker, some pain at the bump and tooth nearby, worried if it is cancer. If you would have posted the photos and given history about whether the bump enlarges during salivation like chewing, this would have helped a lot. Well, this can be due to the following reasons: Stone in the submandibular salivary gland. Cancer should be ruled by biopsy only and added on by CT scan or so since blood tests are not indicative of cancer in mouth cancer cases. Consult an ENT Surgeon for proper palpation of the bump, clinical evaluation and investigations to tell you the most probable reason. Once a proper diagnosis is made then it is possible to have proper management as per the cause found and have effective management. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon