Painless Bumps Floor Of Mouth

Cancer of the floor of mouth accounts for 28 35 percent of all mouth cancers.

Painless bumps floor of mouth. Also called a mucous cyst or mucocele the sac is harmless and painless says the national institutes of health nih. An oral mucous cyst will develop near one of the openings of the salivary glands under the tongue or on the lips cheeks or floor of the mouth. Changes in the look and feel of the tissue on the floor of the mouth such as a lump or a sore that doesn t heal are often the first signs. A mouth cyst is a thin fluid filled sac on the inside of your mouth.

Pearly or semi clear surface or bluish in color. The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible. Floor of the mouth cancer is cancer that begins on the tissue underneath your tongue. A bump or injury could cause swelling.

You may have experienced them before on your tongue lips or the back of your throat. Many things can cause a bump on the roof your mouth. Floor of the mouth cancer most often begins in the thin flat cells that line the inside of your mouth squamous cells. The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use.

It may annoy you though because you feel a bump inside your mouth. Men are diagnosed with floor of mouth cancer three to four times more often than women.