What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is one of the malignant tumors. The incidence rate is obviously in the region. For example, some areas with heavy humidity or serious environmental pollution often have higher incidence rate. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a great threat to people's health. Especially people living in Guangdong and Guangxi, where NPC occurs frequently, should know more about the early symptoms of NPC, so as to achieve early detection and early treatment. What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Let's talk about it.

What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

1. Nasal obstruction: nasal obstruction is a common early manifestation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Most of them are unilateral nasal obstruction. When the nasopharyngeal tumor is enlarged, bilateral nasal obstruction may appear.

2. Headache: about 70% of NPC patients have headache symptoms at the time of initial diagnosis. The headache symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma often presents as unilateral persistent pain, mostly in the temporal and parietal region. The headache of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is mostly related to the invasion of skull base bone, nerves and blood vessels by cancer tissue.

3. Bloody nose and epistaxis: bloody nose is an early symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, characterized by blood in the nose, or by sucking blood from the mouth. Epistaxis often occurs after getting up in the morning. When the amount of blood in the nose is not much, it is often neglected by the patients and mistaken for rhinitis or sinusitis.

matters needing attention

1. Avoid disease invasion: pay attention to climate change, prevent cold, keep nose and throat clean, gargle several times a day, and wash nasopharynx cavity when necessary to avoid virus infection. 2. Keep away from toxic gases: try to avoid harmful smoke, such as kerosene lamp gas, insecticide aerosol, and actively quit smoking and alcohol. 3. Timely treatment of nasal diseases: Patients with nasopharyngeal diseases should seek medical treatment as soon as possible, such as bloody nasal discharge or bloody nasal discharge in mouth after nasal suction, as well as unexplained cervical lymphadenopathy and middle ear effusion. Timely and detailed examination of nasopharynx is very important for the prevention of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. 4. Enhance resistance: pay attention to life conditioning, avoid physical overwork: such as heavy physical labor, staying up late, excessive physical exercise, etc., can make the body's internal environment imbalance, resistance decline, promote the generation and spread of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. 5. Reasonable diet: reasonable diet can reduce the risk of cancer. In the daily diet to eat more grains, choose lean meat, eat more fruits and vegetables. Choose more foods containing antioxidants, increase fiber intake, reduce fat intake and maintain ideal weight.