Lung metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

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Our boss has chronic rhinitis. Every time he takes a lot of medicine in the office, and he looks very uncomfortable. He often goes to the hospital to hang up water. Recently, his condition is serious. I heard that he has nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and it has been transferred to the lung. Today, let me talk about the symptoms of lung metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?.

Lung metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Symptom 1: most patients have no symptoms, a few show cough, bloody sputum, chest pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, fever and other symptoms. If mediastinum is involved, it often oppresses recurrent laryngeal nerve and causes hoarseness. Later, pleural effusion and severe dyspnea may also occur.

Symptom 2: because the lung is the last filter through which the blood flow of the large circulation must pass, the pressure of the pulmonary circulation is low, and the blood flow is relatively slow, which is conducive to the retention and reproduction of cancer cells. Moreover, the pulmonary blood source is rich, receiving the dual blood supply of pulmonary artery and bronchial artery. Therefore, the lung is also a good site for distant metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Symptom 3: Patients with lung metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma will show cough, hemoptysis, chest pain, shortness of breath and other symptoms. When lung metastases become larger or pleural effusion is caused by tumor invasion, shortness of breath, cough and chest pain may occur. Mediastinal involvement of the recurrent laryngeal nerve can lead to hoarseness. The pleural involvement of left lung metastases may cause pain in the left upper abdomen.

matters needing attention

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma itself is very harmful. If it is transferred to the lung, we should pay special attention to it. Timely treatment is needed, which may alleviate the disease. In daily life, we should also prevent colds. We should pay attention to keeping the nose and throat clean, gargle several times a day, and wash the nasopharynx cavity when necessary.