What are the symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma before death

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Some time ago, an elder in his family was diagnosed with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma. When he visited him two days ago, he was always in a low mood. He often worried that his illness was too serious and his survival time was not long. In order to dispel his worries, he had to consult a lot of professional suggestions. Today, let me talk about the pre death symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

What are the symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma before death

First: the main symptoms are all internal organ failure, coma, pale and so on. Aspiration of blood in the nose: in the early stage, there may be bleeding symptoms, manifested as blood in the sputum after nasal suction, or blood in the nose when blowing the nose. In the early stage, there is only a small amount of blood in the sputum or the nose, and sometimes there is no blood. Late stage bleeding is more, can have nosebleed. Headache was a common pre death symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (68%). 6%, which may be the first symptom or the only symptom.

Second, in advanced stage, the tumor usually destroys the skull base or spreads in the brain, involving the cranial nerve. Because the tumor invades the abducens nerve, it often causes double shadows on the external vision. The antemortem symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma were trochlear nerve invasion, which often caused esotropia and diplopia. 2% ～ 19%, often with trigeminal nerve damage at the same time. The pre death symptoms of NPC include nasal obstruction after tumor blockage.

Third: different patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma have different symptoms before death. Patients with similar clinical symptoms need to be treated in a regular nasopharyngeal carcinoma hospital in time. If they miss the best treatment time, they will delay the life of the patients. In the late stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, there will be cervical lymph node enlargement, eye symptoms, cranial nerve damage symptoms, distant metastasis and cachexia (end-stage) They also died of sudden massive hemorrhage

matters needing attention

This kind of patients should first overcome their inner fear and keep a peaceful state of mind, and then actively accept treatment. They should pay attention to develop healthy and good living habits, improve the diet structure, increase diet nutrition, avoid food stimulation, improve the body's immune ability, and avoid catching cold.