Advanced symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the elderly

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I always like smoking very much. I have smoked for decades now. As a result of smoking for a long time, my nose is particularly uncomfortable recently, and I will keep sneezing and runny nose, especially uncomfortable. After examination, it is concluded that patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma have undergone surgical treatment

Advanced symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the elderly

First: migraine. Migraine is generally the early stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the most detectable symptom. More than half of the patients had first symptoms. Headache location is not fixed, can be uninterrupted pain, late can eat persistent migraine, location can be fixed. The reason may be that the cancerous tissue invaded the trigeminal nerve endings in the early stage.

Second: blood in the nose. There are some patients with early symptoms of blood in the nasal discharge. At first, they thought it was caused by dryness and fire. In fact, it is not. It may be caused by cancer tissue invading the surrounding blood vessels and bleeding in the nasal discharge. Sometimes there will be symptoms of nasal congestion, this is because the tumor is relatively small, and the nasal cavity is relatively narrow, with the growth of the tumor, these symptoms will appear.

Third: can tinnitus, hearing loss, diplopia symptoms. Nasopharynx cancer often occurs at the opening of eustachian tube or other special, tumor compression eustachian tube can occur, unilateral tinnitus or hearing loss, there will be runny nose and otitis media, which is one of the symptoms of early nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

matters needing attention

For the early prevention of nasopharyngeal carcinoma this disease also has a certain help, eat more vegetables and fruits, participate in sports activities, enhance our physique, for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, we can suggest that he pay attention to keep warm, to prevent cold, avoid infection, so as not to cause certain harm to his body.