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Hi, my dad have a bump on his lip (outside) he's a smoker and the bump is very soft with a size of a lentil,does not look like herpes iam very afraid that it might be serious situation and he refeuses to visit a doctor is it serious? what causes it?

Q: hi, my dad have a bump on his lip (outside) he's a smoker and the bump is very soft with a size of a lentil,does not look like herpes iam very afraid that it might be serious situation and he refeuses to visit a doctor is it serious? what causes it?

: Please have your dad see a hospital based oral pathologist. The bump may be totally benign, but if not you may save his life. Insist he goes with you. No pain does not mean no problem.

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Dr. Theodore Davantzis answered

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Please have your dad see a hospital based oral pathologist. The bump may be totally benign, but if not you may save his life. Insist he goes with you. No pain does not mean no problem.

Answered 2/12/2022

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A member asked:

Hi, my dad have a bump on his lip (outside) he's a smoker and the bump is very soft with a size of a lentil,does not look like herpes iam very afraid that it might be serious situation and he refeuses to visit a doctor is it serious? what causes it?

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