What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis to the brain

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Lao Li next door is a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. When he went to the hospital for reexamination recently, the doctor told him that his nasopharyngeal carcinoma had signs of metastasis to the brain. He asked the doctor about the symptoms of metastasis to the brain. Now let me tell you what the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis to the brain are.

What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis to the brain

First: usually, the clinical symptoms are fatigue, hemiplegia, hemiplegia, aphasia, ataxia, nystagmus and so on. The metastatic tumor in sellar region is polydipsia and polyuria. Increased intracranial pressure is a typical manifestation of brain metastasis in patients. Because of the rapid growth of tumor and serious edema around, the symptoms of increased intracranial pressure are obvious. Patients will have headache, malignant vomiting, sleepiness and a series of other symptoms.

Second, the first symptoms of NPC are mainly local invasion, such as headache caused by skull base invasion, corresponding symptoms caused by cranial nerve invasion, such as facial anesthesia, hearing loss, hoarseness, etc., nasal obstruction caused by nostril invasion, aspiration blood runny nose and intermittent epistaxis. Lymph node metastasis is more common in the neck, unilateral or bilateral, sometimes accompanied by pain, ear congestion, hearing diplopia.

Third: increased intracranial pressure is a typical manifestation of brain metastasis in patients, because of the rapid growth of tumor and serious edema around, the symptoms of increased intracranial pressure are obvious, patients will have headache, malignant vomiting, drowsiness and a series of symptoms. At this time, it can be combined with biological therapy to assist treatment. It is safe and has no side effects, improves the immunity of patients and prevents recurrence and metastasis.

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Therefore, if patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma usually feel the above symptoms, they should go to the hospital in time to have an examination to see if the nasopharyngeal carcinoma is going to be transferred to the brain, and the patients should fully cooperate with their attending doctors for treatment.