is this tongue cancer ?

Please have your doctor refer you to a cancer specialist. Then the waiting and guessing can stop.

ok i had the same problem with my husband every doctor kept telling us its not cancer they would give us stuff for infection take him to an oral surgen finally got the money to do that with then he had to go to an ear nose and throat doctor by the time we got him to that doctor it had done eat his jaw bone into the ear nose and throat doctor looked at it and said it was cancer carsonima .all of the doctors here where i live are nuts yours sound the same you need to get to a ear nose and throat doctor soon they also do the mouth it may not be cancer but if it is dont wait mine had to go to nashville to another doctor and they did the surgery he is getting better now good luck and find that other doctor ASAP dont wait till its too late like we did oh yea my husband had tongue cancer which had soread to his jaw bone and the floor of his mouth if you need more help drop me an email i live in tennessee but the good doctors are in nashville here

Maybe your mother should see an otorhinolaryngologists (ORL) ,a doctor who specializes in your ear,eye ,throat and mouth ....if she is not satisfied by the two doctors she has seen...it never hurts to get another's opinion........there could be a lot of different causes for your mom's symptoms........so, don't jump to the worst conclusion ... here is a few web sites that have information on the matter......

lie bumps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie_Bumps

http://www.mouth-cancer-symptoms.com/html/symptoms...

http://search.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplusEncy/query?DI...

by the way, hearing that two different doctors don't believe this is cancer is a really good sign....

I hope your mom gets to feeling better.....best wishes......

quite possibly oral lichen planus which is a rather common oral health problem. This is not cancer but is a pain to deal with. LP can have many appearances and this is another problem that can cause difficulty in getting a proper diagnosis. LP is usually treated with topical corticosteroids which are difficult to use in the mouth. I'd see a good dermatologist or ENT Dr as they would treat LP frequently. LP is hard to treat and often comes back so don't get discouraged if it comes back repeatedly.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages...

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?a...

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?a...

does your mom use toothpaste or mouthrinse for whitening?

this is occuring more and more with those who use products to whiten teeth.

i doubt it's cancer...if she doesnt use whitening rinses or toothpaste, she might have a vitamin deficiency or another type such as magnesium ect....

oral lichen-is a rash usually seen in those with liver disease. your mother might want to have her liver checked and an actual hepatitis b or c test as sometimes the alt and ast levels aren't always elevated (doctors look at a liver panel and assume all is okay, but with liver disease this isn't always the case)

good luck!

try a dentist. Seriously!