I have OCD, anxiety etc...it's bad and I'm on DISABILITY from it. I have a routine of checking my mouth for abnormal glands and such. I freakout..check and check and check. A few days ago I was under a lot of stress. Way more than usual and I noticed my glands or bubbles I call them...located in my mouth between my jawline and corners of my mouth. I guess Im wonderingif these larger glands that I'm able to move around with my tongue are normal...or am I freaking out...any help?
Can you please try to specify exactly where these 'glands' are lovated. On the interior of the mouth the closest to what you are describing is cheek lining and salivary glands below the tongue. Can you be more specific? Cancer growths do not usually move. Feel more firmly rooted. What may move on any soft tissue in the mouth are either some tags or papillomas or fibromas. All benign in nature.
The easiest to describe them is this....if I put my finger on the outside of my mouth just to show where they are on the inside would be this--> Place hour fingertip on the corners of your mouth...and then move your fingertip straight down from there to where you would be halfway to your jawbone....thats where it is....but obviously on the inside of my mouth. I have a lot of tiny and a few bigger glands around those areas on both sides of my mouth. If I grab one with one finger on the inside and one finger on the outside of my mouth....I can move it around slightly.
I feel embarrassed explaining this....but this happens all the time. Usually...when I feel a gland and freak out...I play with it till it moves around....then I'm happy and fine. This time I touched the new area I described above...ans we'll since it was a larger gland than others...I freaked...even though I could move it around very easily. So...im here now...in a forum. I'm a 35 yr old man and I just am tired ofm going to Ers, Family Doctors, Dentist and Specialist...and end up being looked at like a crazed person because nothing's wrong. I'm never in any pain.....I always have a healthy/normal appetite.....I haven't lost any weight..I had blood work just 1 month ago and it was fine except for my cholesterol.....I feel 100% great....it's just this latest freak out. I hope what I explained is normal and you can say it's normal....forget about it....its your OCD/Anxiety doing it to you. I don't know....thanks for responding. Ttys.
on the inside of your cheek then at jaw level?
Yep....about a finger tip above the jawbone....and if I was to draw a straight line up from the spot I'm freaking out about it would be even with the corner of my lips. Like I said....half way between bottom lip and jaw.
BTW....if I flip my lip down and look in that srea to see...nothing looks abnormal. It's just when I feel it.
I posted an image and marked the general location. BTW....it's not me. LOL
do you have the same thing on both siides of roughly the same size and consistency? Do you bite on any parts of your cheeks when nervous?
....and when you say glands you meen below surface bumps or bumps that are actuually visible looking in the mirror at either the inside of your soft tissue or outside?
Salivary glands? A dentist would know if theres an issue as would a rhematoid doctor who deals with auto immune stuff. Thats to examine and remind you youre dealing with ocd.
i send you a hug. This whole anxiety disorder mess sucks! Very unfair and i just keep hoping these scientist figure this all out already. You are not alone at all. It sucks
on a more realistic rationale. Do you eat foods too hot? Too spicy? And do you drink at least 60 ounces of water daily? That might help.. salivary glands and a dry miuth make a feeling when your tongue rolls over them as "lumoy"
Yes they are below surface...no color difference. I really wouldn't see it if I didn't feel it with my tongue. As for feeling it on both sides, yes, both sides in that general area have it..one side is not as big...but very close. When I say big though...I mean the size of a hole punch in a piece of paper....maybe smaller. Then again...I was told by a specialist once that things feel bigger with the tongue than they actual are.
In regards to how bad I get with my OCD and Anxiety...just 5 yrs ago I was bedridden. I didn't even know what OCD was. My wife and her friend did research and found out. I ended up on disability after that and since then I see a OCD SPECIALIST in Cincinnati Ohio. He is one of the leading specialist in the US and yet I'm still bad. I'm not bedridden anymore....I get out alot more and my germaphobia is not as bad..,but still unbearable.Ive been on med after med after med....no relief at all. Anyways...this mouth thing has been my biggest tick. I usually fight thru it...but this time I was in a lot of stressful pain...my wife was in a horrid accident and her grandmother (who raised her) just passed...so, she's going thru a ton of pain...which in turn, I take on. So...2 days ago at my stress limits...I was in bed and my brain was saying "you don't need anymore stress...cheek your mouth to see if u feel anything abnormal". So...yea, I took the bait. Which leads me to this discussion.
The closest network there is the buccal lymphs as far as nodes go. Bilateral buccosal cancer is rare if it is even possible. Your symptoms are not consistent with mouth cancer. I am on regular mouth scans by a maxillofacial surgeon due to childhood acquired and previously undiagnosed hpv infection. Have had tongue and buccosal surgeries. As far as mouth cancer and even pre-cancer goes... You are clear as confirmed also by your general state and bloodwork. For what it's worth. Bounce on forums if it helps. Better than battling it all inside. With the added benefit of plenty of people who can really identify with what you are going through. Xxx
Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate everything. It helps...it really does. God Bless.