Symptoms of soft palate tumors

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Soft palate cancer is one of the most serious malignant tumors, which needs to be treated as soon as possible. If the delay leads to continuous deterioration of the disease, it will become more troublesome to cure later. Since the mortality rate of soft palate cancer is very high, we need to understand the symptoms of soft palate cancer, so as not to be unaware of the disease.

Symptoms of soft palate tumors

In the early stage, the symptoms were not obvious and were easy to be ignored. After the occurrence of halitosis, sore throat, swallowing pain, can be radiated to the same side of the face and neck, the application of antibiotics can temporarily alleviate the symptoms. In the late stage, dysphagia and voice changes may occur. Fixation, destruction and perforation of the soft palate may lead to food reflux to the nasal cavity; Up or out invasion of the nasopharyngeal or parapharyngeal space may include occlusion of the teeth, difficulty in opening the mouth, otitis media, temporal pain and occasional cranial nerve involvement.

Soft palate tumors first spread to tonsil arch and hard palate. Extending outward through the superior pharyngeal constrictor, invading the medial pterygoid muscle and skull base, occasionally involving or compressing the cranial nerves in the parapharyngeal space.

Almost all squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate occurred on the oral surface of the soft palate (below). There was almost no tumor on the nasopharynx. Even the larger tumors in the nasopharynx rarely invaded the soft palate and nasopharynx. In the early stage, the tumor was red and the boundary was not obvious. White lesions of soft palate are also common, which may be leukoplakia, carcinoma in situ or early invasive carcinoma. Multiple tumor growth on the surface of normal mucosa is a common feature. Most soft palate cancers are limited to the soft palate or the adjacent tonsillar arch. The T grade is T2 or T3, but the tumor volume is smaller than that of the tongue base and tonsillar fossa. In the middle and advanced stage of cancer, there are ulcers, marginal protuberances, or exogenous growth, especially around the uvula. Soft palate tumors first spread to tonsil arch and hard palate.

matters needing attention

Vitamin A and C can prevent the malignant transformation and proliferation of cells and increase the stability of epithelial cells. Vitamin C can also prevent the general symptoms of radiation injury and increase the level of white blood cells; Vitamin E can promote cell division and delay cell senescence; Vitamin B1 can promote appetite and relieve symptoms caused by radiotherapy. Therefore, we should eat more foods rich in the above vitamins, such as fresh vegetables, fruits, sesame oil, Cereals, beans and animal viscera.