What symptom does the terminal period of nasopharynx have

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Some time ago, I found out that I had nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Later, I was undergoing radiotherapy. However, in recent days, I always felt that the lymph nodes in my neck were very painful, and there was a sore throat. I am worried that this disease has worsened. So, what are the symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

What symptom does the terminal period of nasopharynx have

Symptom 1: tinnitus, hearing loss, tumor infiltration, compression of eustachian tube, resulting in the formation of negative pressure in the tympanum. Headache is the most common symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is characterized by unilateral persistent pain, mostly at the top of the face. When the tumor invades into the nostril and nasal cavity, there may be obvious symptoms of nasal obstruction. Eye symptoms: when nasopharyngeal carcinoma invades the orbit or nerves related to the eyeball, there may be visual impairment, exophthalmos, diplopia, and limitation of eye movement.

Symptom 2: epistaxis or nasal obstruction. Because the tumor blood vessels in the nasopharyngeal cavity are relatively fragile and the tumor surface is often covered by numerous membranes, it has the symptom of epistaxis, which is one of the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Severe cases may have a lot of nasal obstruction. Hemoptysis often occurs in the morning after getting up, from the mouth discharge bloody nasal discharge, with a small amount of blood, often neglected by patients or as hemoptysis and to the respiratory department for diagnosis and treatment, cancer surface ulceration or cauliflower type of this symptom is more common.

Symptom 3: atrophy of tongue muscle and deviation of tongue extension: nasopharyngeal carcinoma directly invades or lymph node metastases to the posterior styloid process or hypoglossal nerve canal, causing hypoglossal nerve invasion, resulting in tongue deviation to the diseased side, accompanied by atrophy of tongue muscle on the diseased side. If bilateral hypoglossal nerves are damaged, it will be difficult to extend the tongue. The incidence of tongue extension deviation is second only to facial anesthesia.

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The advanced stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is mainly to prevent the replication and metastasis of cancer cells, which can prolong the life span of patients and reduce the pain of patients.