What are the symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a terrible disease, which is more serious than cancer. My uncle has found out that he has suffered from nasopharyngeal carcinoma for a period of time. In daily life, he often has symptoms of epistaxis. For patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, we must find and treat them as early as possible. Next, I will talk about the nasal bleeding The symptoms of advanced pharyngeal cancer tell you.

What are the symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Symptom 1: if the tumor invades the orbit or eyeball related nerves, there may be visual impairment or even blindness, visual field defect, diplopia, exophthalmos and limited movement, nerve paralytic keratitis, etc. Optic atrophy and edema can be seen in fundus examination.

Symptom 2: in the early stage, sometimes there is no blood in the nose or blood when blowing the nose, but at this time, most patients do not pay attention to it. When the tumor increases and blocks the nostril, it will appear nasal congestion, which is unilateral in the early stage and bilateral in the later stage. This is also a late symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Symptom 3: nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients whose tumor occurs in the pharyngeal recess will cause compression and obstruction of the pharyngeal opening of the eustachian tube in the early stage. The main symptoms are tinnitus, nasal congestion and hearing loss, which can be misdiagnosed as secretory otitis media.

matters needing attention

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients with this disease must do early detection, early treatment, early daily life, but also timely correct some bad habits, tumor metastasis to cervical lymph nodes, the incidence rate is as high as 79.37%, unilateral or bilateral metastasis. The enlarged lymph nodes in the neck are painless, hard, movable in the early stage, and fixed by adhesion with skin or deep tissue in the late stage.