Recurrent symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma after treatment?

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I believe nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and their families have learned from doctors that the best treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is radiotherapy, which brings great pain to patients. Therefore, many patients hope to get rid of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and recover after radiotherapy. Recurrent symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma after treatment? Let's talk about it

Recurrent symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma after treatment?

Cervical lymph node metastasis occurred in about 60%. In general, the metastasis to the ipsilateral cervical lymph node is the main cause of recurrence, and then the contralateral cervical lymph node can be invaded. The enlarged lymph nodes are usually deep lymph nodes in the superior group of internal jugular vein behind the mandibular angle and the posterior margin of the cervicothoracic sternocleidomastoid muscle.

If the tumor has infiltrated the soft tissue of the neck, or if the swelling is serious, neck pain may occur. During the examination, most of the neck masses were hard, and the surface was small nodular, and it was not easy to push with the surrounding adhesion. It can fuse with each other and become a huge mass in the whole neck.

Recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma ear symptoms, such as catarrhal otitis media, will appear tinnitus, leading to poor hearing, or accompanied by tympanic effusion. Finally, there are neurological symptoms, such as headache, facial numbness, mandibular deviation to the diseased side, mastication difficulty, and disappearance of corneal and mandibular reflex. If other cranial nerves are also involved, there may be loss of vision, fixation of eyeball, various movement disorders, etc. Or appear soft palate paralysis, back choking, hoarseness, tongue deviation and other symptoms.

matters needing attention

Usually patients must pay more attention, do a good job in prevention, and always pay attention to observe the symptoms, once there is discomfort, have timely medical examination, in addition, regular review should pay attention to, so as to find the disease in time, timely treatment.