Symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Symptom 1: enlargement of cervical lymph nodes. This is the most common symptom. Patients often inadvertently touch a lump in the neck, or look in the mirror to find that both sides of the neck asymmetry. The mass is usually hard and painless, which affects the activity. It has the characteristics of early metastasis and high metastasis rate.

Symptom 2: if the lesion is located in the posterior wall of the top of the nasopharynx, when the secretion of the nasal cavity or part of the nasopharynx is sucked back with force, the light one may cause blood in the nose (that is, blood in the sputum when the nose is sucked back), and the heavy one may cause epistaxis. This symptom is common in patients with ulcers or cauliflower type on the surface of the tumor, but rarely in submucosal type.

Symptom 3: constrictive bloody discharge. It is one of the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, especially after getting up in the morning.

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In the early stage of sucking blood in the nose, there may be bleeding symptoms, manifested as blood in the sputum after suction or in the nose when blowing. In the early stage, there was only a small amount of blood in sputum or mucus. Late bleeding is more, there may be nosebleed. There is tinnitus, hearing loss, sense of occlusion in the ear. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma occurs in the lateral wall of nasopharynx, lateral fossa or upper lip of eustachian tube opening. When the tumor compresses eustachian tube, unilateral tinnitus or hearing loss may occur. These are common symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.