What are the symptoms of laryngeal cancer

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The main symptoms of laryngeal cancer are hoarseness, dysphagia, cough, etc., but the symptoms of laryngeal cancer are similar to pharyngitis. Many patients will confuse laryngeal cancer with pharyngitis and mistakenly treat laryngeal cancer as laryngitis, which can not alleviate the disease, but aggravate the disease. So, what are the symptoms of laryngitis?

What are the symptoms of laryngeal cancer

Symptom 1: hoarse voice. Laryngeal cancer patients with early symptoms will generally have a "hoarse voice". The common cause of hoarseness is glottic laryngeal cancer, which is mainly because the tumor grows on the vocal cords of patients, so it is easy to have hoarseness symptoms. If the patient's voice is hoarse for more than one month, it is not good, do not regard it as an ordinary "inflamed", but to go to the hospital in time to eliminate the hidden danger.

Symptom 2: dysphagia. Another symptom of laryngeal cancer is a foreign body sensation in the throat, which makes it difficult to swallow food. It seems that the obstruction is stuck in the throat, hindering the swallowing function. If you have a foreign body sensation in your throat and have symptoms of dysphagia for more than 1 month, you should be alert!

Symptom 3: cough. Will often cough, if laryngeal cancer continues to develop, there will be a serious phenomenon of hemoptysis.

matters needing attention

Generally speaking, the early symptoms of laryngeal cancer, such as sore throat, cough and hoarseness, are similar to those of laryngitis. However, if the early symptoms of laryngeal cancer are not relieved or self-healing for a long time, or even symptoms worsen, we should go to the hospital in time to avoid missing the best opportunity to treat laryngeal cancer.