10 Jaw Cancer Symptoms
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7. Ear Pain
Since the jaw is so integral in chewing, swallowing and speaking, it’s not uncommon for ear pain to develop as a symptom of oral cancer. Pain can occur as a persistent earache that lasts for weeks at a time and can be experienced with decreased or muffled hearing, as well as ear discharge.
Ear pain can be caused by a tumor in the jaw swelling in size and putting pressure on new areas or by the growth of new tumors.2‘Oral Cancer.’ National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, July 2018, www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/oral-cancer/more-info.
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