White patches in the mouth

[frazz]

Hi. Been smoking a long time. I recently had an oral cancer screening from my dentist. He told me that I had white patches in my mouth and that it is from smoking. Told me that it didn't look cancerous. I am wondering if anyone else has had this and if after giving up analogs for vaping if they went away. I don't want them to turn cancerous, and am wondering if vaping might keep the process going toward cancer

Thanks all...just a bit scared.

 

[HzG8rGrl]

frazz, I would have an indepth talk with the doc and explain vapeing to him and see what he thinks.
Hang in there. Let us know what the doc says.
I wish I could say something more that would put you at ease.

 

[thelook]

Frazz, I agree, PLEASE talk to your Dr. And let us know how everything is, good thoughts sent your way.

 

[flbutterfly1]

My mother had white patches in her mouth and they said it was thrush. Babies get it. Thrush is a yeast infection, and can be caused by taking antibiotics and also by a inbalance of bacteria.

 

[keyzygirl]

It does sound like thrush.Ive seen it in my friends sons mouth.It can be painful,if it is Thrush.See a doctor.

 

[mini_art]

Yup Thrush. Go see your doctor.

 

[maya18]

This is called leukopkalia, which is a pre-malignant lesion. It most likely will turn into cancer if you continue to smoke as it is from the tobacco and other chemicals in the cigarette. Not the nicotine though.....

My dentist discovered this a few months ago and sent me for a biopsy. Luckily, I was okay and half of it went away in just 2 weeks when I stopped smoking. I was using the e cig with nicotine and it did not aggravate it or anything. I also asked my doctor and he said that it is not the nic that he is worried about but the tobacco and all the other crap in the cigarette, he also said the e cig is a wonderful way to quit smoking.

It has now been 2 months that I have stopped smoking and about 75 % of it has disappeared. Though, my doctor told me that my chance of getting cancer are higher because of this.

Oh by the way Im under 35 years old. I also thought it was thrush, my doctor as well--I was misdiagnosed, luckily my dentist took action.

Hope this helps Please take this seriously. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!

 

[geeker]

Leukoplakia = "white plaques"
We see it all the time at work (in all parts of the body where there are mucous membranes), and most of the time it doesn't progress.
Doesn't mean that it can't or wont, just doesn't most of the time.
It is basically a response to irritation from chemical sources(like smoke) abrasion, or infection (HPV being the biggie)

 

[kristin]

There is about a 4% chance of these lesions becoming cancer for smokers. It doesn't seem to be related to nicotine alone, as the cancer risk from the lesions is much less in smokeless tobacco users - so that should translate to similar risk with electronic cigarettes. But keep in contact with your doctor.

On a side note, I had a canker sore on the inside of my cheek the Sunday and it disappeared completely within 24 hours. When I was smoking, my cancer sores would last several days. So there may be something to that claim of the antibacterial properties of PG!

 

[HzG8rGrl]

Way to step up Maya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the info.

 

[chrisl317]

Hi. Been smoking a long time. I recently had an oral cancer screening from my dentist. He told me that I had white patches in my mouth and that it is from smoking. Told me that it didn't look cancerous. I am wondering if anyone else has had this and if after giving up analogs for vaping if they went away. I don't want them to turn cancerous, and am wondering if vaping might keep the process going toward cancer

Thanks all...just a bit scared.

Years ago when I smoked and dipped, I had a white "wart" develope on the inside of my mouth where I usually held my dip. It got to the size of a pea. I went to the doc, the doc numbed me up and cut it off with a pair of scissors. It never came back and the doc never told me what it was. The doc didn't seemed to concerned about it either.