WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE IS

ALREADY KILLING YOU!

YOU SMOKE!

YOU CONSUME ALCOHOL!

YOU CHEW TOBACCO!

YOU THINK IT’S NOTHING, BUT DEEP INSIDE YOUR MOUTH…

SOMETHING IS DYING!

SOMETHING IS MUTATING!

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THERE IS CONTINUOUS BATTLEFIELD INSIDE YOUR MOUTH!

EACH PUFF OF SMOKE, EVERY PINCH OF TOBACCO, AND EVERY GLASS OF ALCOHOL ISN’T JUST A HABIT—IT’S AN ASSAULT, WHICH IS NOT JUST ON YOUR LUNGS, LIVER, OR BREATH, BUT ON THE FRAGILE INNER WALLS OF YOUR MOUTH—THE ORAL MUCOSA, YOUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE.

 

HERE’S WHAT YOU DON’T SEE:

 

  • CELLS ARE TWISTING INTO CANCER.
  • MUCOSA IS DRYING, DYING, STIFFENING.
  • BLOOD FLOW IS CHOKING OFF.
  • WHITE PATCHES ARE FORMING WHICH IS CALLED LEUCOPLAKIA (PRECANCEROUS LESION); A SILENT PRECANCEROUS TIME BOMBS TICKING BENEATH YOUR TONGUE AND ON THE INNER SURFACE OF YOUR MOUTH.

 

YOU DON’T FEEL IT.
YOU DON’T TASTE IT.
BUT IT’S HAPPENING… NOW!

TOBACCO USE, WHETHER SMOKED OR CHEWED, AND CHRONIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ARE AMONG THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTORS FOR ORAL DISEASES. ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO), OVER 90% OF ORAL CANCERS ARE LINKED TO THESE LIFESTYLE HABITS. ORAL CANCER IS A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS. EACH YEAR, OVER 377,000 NEW CASES OF ORAL CANCER ARE DIAGNOSED WORLDWIDE, WITH ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA (OSCC) BEING THE MOST COMMON FORM. THE PRIMARY CULPRITS? SMOKING/ ALCOHOL USING/ TOBACCO CHEWING.

THESE SUBSTANCES DAMAGE THE DELICATE MUCOSAL LINING OF THE MOUTH, LEADING TO:

  • LEUCOPLAKIA (PRECANCEROUS LESION): THICK, WHITE PRECANCEROUS PATCHES ON THE MUCOSA.
  • ORAL SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS (OSMF): A CHRONIC, SCARRING CONDITION LEADING TO MOUTH STIFFNESS.
  • CELLULAR DEGENERATION AND INFLAMMATION THAT PROGRESSES TO ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA.

 

SMOKING & TOBACCO:

  • CONTAINS OVER 70 CARCINOGENS, INCLUDING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) AND NITROSAMINES.
  • DIRECTLY DAMAGES THE ORAL MUCOSA, IMPAIRING REGENERATION AND TRIGGERING LEUCOPLAKIA (PRECANCEROUS LESION), SUBMUCOUS FIBROSIS, AND EVENTUALLY, ORAL CANCER.

ALCOHOL:

  • ACTS AS A SOLVENT, ENHANCING MUCOSAL PENETRATION OF CARCINOGENS.
  • METABOLIZED INTO ACETALDEHYDE, A KNOWN CARCINOGEN.

REFERENCE:

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YOUR MOUTH TAKES DAILY DAMAGE YOU NEVER EVEN FEEL

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