{"id":21836,"date":"2026-10-06T17:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=21836"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:31:28","slug":"mouth-cancer-the-warning-signs-you-should-never-ignore-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=21836","title":{"rendered":"Mouth Cancer: The Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"386\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"30\">Mouth cancer (oral cancer)<\/strong> is one of the most common head and neck cancers, often affecting people over 40 and more frequently men. This year, over 77,000 new cases and 52,000 deaths were reported in <strong data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"245\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">India<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, highlighting the urgent need for awareness. The good news: early detection greatly improves survival, especially before the cancer spreads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"581\">Oral cancer can affect the lips, tongue, gums, cheeks, and floor of the mouth. Dentists recommend checkups at least twice a year, especially for smokers and alcohol users, who face higher risk.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"820\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/26a0.svg\" alt=\"\u26a0\ufe0f\" \/> <strong data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"603\">Warning signs<\/strong> include sores that don\u2019t heal, bleeding, loose teeth, jaw pain, trouble swallowing, numbness, weight loss, or red\/white patches in the mouth. If symptoms last more than two weeks, see a doctor or dentist immediately.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"998\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Regular dental visits, quitting tobacco, and limiting alcohol can lower your risk. <strong data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"966\">Early detection saves lives and improves quality of life.<\/strong> Share this to spread awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mouth cancer (oral cancer) is one of the most common head and neck cancers, often affecting people over 40 and more frequently men. This year, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=21836\" title=\"Mouth Cancer: The Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore\u201d\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21838,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21836\/revisions\/21838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}