A dad-of-two has told how he survived tongue cancer after a doctor mistook his symptoms as an allergy to dog hair. Kevin Parnham, 52, went to his GP after noticing he had started to clear his throat almost constantly and was suffering from acid reflux.
His local doctor initially said he was probably allergic to hair from his Boxer dog Ottis and prescribed him antihistamines.
Kevin’s symptoms persisted so he was referred to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist who discovered he had a lump at the back of his tongue.
A biopsy confirmed it was a malign tumour and he started gruelling chemotherapy and radiotherapy following his diagnosis in 2017.
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