Worried about mouth cancer

[Beya4567]

Trigger warning worriwd about oral cancer

I grind my teeth in my sleep which i no about..

Over the years ive repeadidly biten the same area on my tougne for years...sonetimes the same place once ive biten my tougne..
I suffer with really bad health anxety and for some reason looked at my tounge...
It lokks differwnt to the other side...im worried abiut mc.

Ive attasched a pic had anykne had this from bitting in same place.

Wont let me add pics

If you instantly jump from 'reasonable reaction' (the constant biting has damaged that part of your tongue, to 'unreasonable reaction' (OMG I have mouth cancer!) then it's your health anxiety that needs treatment, not your mouth.

Assuming you have regular dental checkups, I wouldn't worry as the dentist looks for signs of oral cancer.

My next one is due in july 2026 this year last had one a 10 months ago

But i fear is the constant biting beacuse of what it is that i keep catching or is it from me biting that place repeatidly every time i bite my tougne 😢

.why wont it let me upload a pic

You don’t have mouth cancer. You have a mental health issue that needs treating.

Excuse me .......how csn you tell that from my post

Can you explain yourself please

Anyone else

My suggestion would be to get an urgent appointment with your dentist. Do not want to worry you but my son’s dentist diagnosed his. Please do not leave it unchecked. Take care .

My dentist says to look for white patches in your mouth and glands up in your neck. And obvious things like ulcers and sore places that don't go away. I don't think biting causes cancer although you might have some scar tissue. Make an appointment with your dentist if there is something specific you are worried about you don't need to wait for your routine appointment. Can you sleep with a mouth guard if you bite in your sleep?

Because nothing you’ve described is a symptom of mouth cancer, and you also told us that you have very bad health anxiety, which is a mental illness.

You grind your teeth at night and you keep biting at the same spot on your tongue. That’s very common and doesn’t suggest mouth cancer. I’m guessing that each time you bite it you then keep poking at it with your tongue etc (because we all do that with any mouth injury, it’s hard to resist at the best of times and even more so if you’re fretting about it). I accidentally bite the same spot inside my left cheek quite often; it’s just down to things like the shape of your jaw, position of your teeth etc.

Get your dentist to look at your next appointment, or if you can’t wait until your next routine checkup, just book one and explain about the tooth grinding and the repeated biting.

Getting a mouth guard fitted will really help with the tooth grinding, if you haven’t already got one.

Your dentist would notice anything sinister straightaway. Try not to worry but I’d be the same. Get the dentist to have a look xx

OP, I think the issue is that you’ve said yourself you know exactly why this has happened. But you still seem to have convinced yourself it’s cancer.

I’d book a GP appointment for your anxiety

If you’re worried, bring your dentist appointment forward to have it checked.

Just make an early dentist appointment and get it checked if you’re worried.

I domt no why it wont let ne upload my photo..i select a photo then press done and it goes off .

I have an appountment wth the dentist tuesday lunchtime

I dont bite the same spot on my tongue at night ..well that im aware otherwise it would be sore.
It can be randomly in the day when im eating ill bite it and it will be exactly the same spot each time..and maybe every few months not all the time..
I dont no what made me randomly look at it all of a sudden and thats when i noticed the area looked different ....im just hoping that maybe bitjng the same place on your tongue over the y3ars can lead to this

Of course it can.

Fingers crossed 😢i have an app tuesfay dreading it

What did your son have ? How did it present

Irritation fibroma

Thats what i was thinking but its not that round and definded looking at pics...its more soft skin colour

Grinding your teeth and repeatedly biting your tongue will make it look different

Soft, skin colored and looks a bit different aren't symptoms of mouth cancer