Worried about mouth ulcer/blister that won't heal

[Pinkpenguin89]

I'm really worried. I'll start of by saying that I recognise that I do have some health anxiety.

My dp has had a sort of blister on the roof of his mouth for at least 3 or 4 months, maybe even more. It started off really big (covering half of the roof of his mouth). He popped it, and since then it's been much smaller. It does sometimes 'flare up' and become bigger, but never as big as it was at the beginning.

I have pleaded with him to go to the dentist to get it checked. I have told him that it's not normal and could be serious. He's not one for going to the dentist or doctors, so hasn't gone.

I think because I do have some health anxiety people don't really believe me when I say something is serious. Not in a bad way, but it's a bit like the boy who cried wolf. I mentioned this to him but he said that's not the case, other people have told him to go too but he's just not worried.

Am I right to be so worried? I'm hoping that I'm overreacting. But I've googled and mouth cancer keeps getting mentioned and it's making me feel really sick and anxious.

Any advice/reassuring stories would be appreciated.

DP is hopefully going to go to the dentist within the next two weeks. Hopefully. I don't think he quite realised how anxious it was making me.

I think you're quite right to be concerned and your DP should have it checked ,if only because you're so worried .

From what you've said - started off bigger ,got smaller after popped ,it doesn't sound like cancer to me .

Good luck .

What came out when he popped it?

If it was a cleanish mucous-like liquid it may be a mucocele
If it was pus, possibly a dental abscess (even if it's a long way from a tooth)
But there are many possibilities, of which cancer is one of the least likely

Off to the dentist for him, man up OPs DH!

Clearish

As PP said, it could be a blocked salivary gland (mucocele) but they're more unusual in the palate.

Keep nagging him to go, frustrating for you!!

Sorry to only just be replying - my phone was playing up so I couldn't log in.

Thank you so much for your replies, I feel a little reassured and calmer now.

DP tells me that when he squoze it, it was green. Nice.

I have told him that I am going to nag him so much that he's going to end up going just to shut me up

Get it checked out - definitely Hopefully it will be fine, but it's not something to ignore.

He needs to get this checked out (does he smoke?).

It matters not a jot that he does not like the doctors or dentists; too bad. Its also very selfish of him to not address this before now given your own anxiety as well. I would also go with him to any appointment made.

It's worth getting checked out. I have what I thought was an ulcer on my tongue but it never hurt. I saw the gp about it and it's a blocked salivary gland. I've had it at least 12 years now. Was just told to leave it alone unless it grows or hurts.

I had one on the roof of my mouth for a year, doctor sent me to hospital to have it cut out. All fine, best to get it checked though.