Also it can result in red bumps under tongue.
Red spots on floor of mouth under tongue.
The floor of mouth is a horseshoe shaped area under the tongue between the sides of the lower jawbone the mandible.
Symptoms of mouth cancer on your tongue include a pinkish gray or red lesion that bleeds easily if you touch or bite it.
Front two thirds of the tongue the back third of the tongue or base is considered part of the oropharynx or throat gums area of the mouth underneath the tongue called the floor.
Finally the red tongue spots might be bumpy raised above tongue surface or flat and they can be located on any part of the tongue including the tip of the tongue side of the tongue back of the tongue under the tongue or even on the entire tongue surface.
Cancer of the floor of mouth accounts for 28 35 percent of all mouth cancers.
The first two thirds of your tongue the part you can stick out is called your oral tongue.
This condition causes cells in the mouth to grow excessively.
One common reason for a painful sore under your tongue is an injury to the underside of your tongue or floor of your mouth.
Canker sores are another common reason for red bumps under or on the tongue.
Exostosis is another factor that might cause single red lumps under tongue on the floor of the mouth.
Risk factors for tongue cancer include being male over 40 and a smoker.
Red spots under the tongue can hurt you more than a spot on the surface of the tongue.
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.
Men are diagnosed with floor of mouth cancer three to four times more often than women.
In some instances the red spots can also be on the tongue and roof of mouth on gums.
If you look under your tongue you will probably see a red patch and possibly a sore blister where the injury happened.
The most significant risk factors for floor of mouth cancer are tobacco and alcohol use.
These bumps tend to appear one at a time and are usually the result of a virus says the university of maryland medical center though mouth injuries food allergies and stress may also be to blame 2 the red bump will likely have a yellow or white center be very painful and take several weeks to go away.
Firstly canker sores and cold sores can be the reason for having red spots under your tongue.
There are known conditions that result in the appearance of red spots under the tongue.
Especially when it occurs in the frenula and around saliva ducts.
