Hi,
I am 18 years old, and yesterday I discovered a small lump in the roof of my mouth. It is sore when I press on it with my finger, or tongue. I went to google to see if I could find out what it was, and after typing in """small lump in roof of mouth""" it came up with loads of stuff on mouth cancer. Now I really doubt that that is what it is, but then in the past week, I have had a nose bleed (which I cannot remember have ever had before), and also afew days ago I blacked out for no reason what so ever.
Could these """symptoms""" possibly be linked? My friend has told me that I should go to the doctors to get it checked out, but I dont see the point.

Hello Bracken

You are right in that it is unlikely to be a mouth cancer! The three things you described are not necessarily related, but it doesn't hurt to see the doctor or dentist if your 1-day old lump in the roof of your mouth is still there after a couple of weeks, or gets bigger, or causes discomfort. Let us know how it turns out.

There is a bump of extra bone called a torus that is normally present in the midline of the hard palate, it may be minimal or very enlarged. For more information and pictures of normal appearances, please see Fig. 1.24 and Fig. 1.25 in this article called Examination Technique with Normal Findings and Structures Mistaken for Disease. So, it could just be a normal structure, you have just noticed recently. Let us hope so.


Best wishes
Vinod :coffee: