What symptom is laryngeal cancer

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Laryngeal cancer, as the name suggests, is cancer in the throat. This disease brings great harm to patients, and throat plays an important role in our daily life. For example, we will use throat when we speak, and we will also use throat when we eat. Therefore, generally speaking, if laryngeal cancer occurs, it will do some harm to the life of normal people. The occurrence of laryngeal cancer can lead to throat pain, which makes patients have to endure pain when talking or eating, which can easily lead to loss of appetite, malnutrition, general fatigue and other symptoms. Laryngeal cancer has a variety of symptoms, according to the different symptoms, we will take different treatment. So what's the symptom of laryngeal cancer? Let's talk about it now.

What symptom is laryngeal cancer

First: supraglottic cancer: the incidence rate of this laryngeal cancer is about 40%. If the site of the disease is near the glottis, or close to the glottis, there will be hoarseness, if there is an ulcer, it will lead to swallowing pain; When the lesion is located at the entrance of the esophagus, it will hinder eating, dysphagia, dyspnea and other symptoms, and easily cause loss of appetite.

Second: glottic cancer: this type of laryngeal cancer is the most common, accounting for 50% - 60%. The main manifestation is hoarseness, and this kind of symptom generally appears in the early stage, but the degree of hoarseness will be different because the lesions are in different parts: hoarseness is obvious at the edge of the vocal cord, but hoarseness is not serious at the surface of the vocal cord. If the tumor increases, it will lead to dyspnea.

Third: subglottic cancer: this symptom is rare, accounting for only 1% - 4%. There are no obvious symptoms in the early stage, so it is easy to be ignored. When dyspnea and other symptoms appear, it is already in the late stage. Therefore, generally speaking, the diagnosis of this disease will be more difficult. Therefore, once abnormalities are found, more attention should be paid.

matters needing attention

The occurrence of laryngeal cancer is generally related to the chemical substances in daily life. Therefore, we should pay attention to take certain defensive measures. In addition, we should also pay attention to the usual diet. Unreasonable diet may also lead to the occurrence of laryngeal cancer.