What symptom is advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

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In daily life, many people have bad living habits, which will lead to physical decline and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In addition to lifestyle factors, it is also related to genetics, diet, environment and so on. In recent years, there are more and more patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which has a great impact on the physical and mental health of patients. What are the symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Let's talk about it

What symptom is advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Tinnitus, hearing loss, tumor infiltration, compression of eustachian tube, resulting in the formation of negative pressure in the tympanum. Headache is the most common symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is characterized by unilateral persistent pain, mostly at the top of the face. When the tumor invades into the nostril and nasal cavity, there may be obvious symptoms of nasal obstruction.

Because the tumor blood vessels in the nasopharyngeal cavity are relatively fragile, and the tumor surface is often covered by numerous membranes, there are symptoms of epistaxis, which is one of the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Severe cases may have a lot of nasal obstruction. Bloody nose often occurs in the morning after getting up, and the bloody nose is discharged from the mouth,

Atrophy of tongue muscle and deviation of tongue extension: nasopharyngeal carcinoma directly invades or lymph node metastases to the posterior styloid process or hypoglossal nerve canal, causing hypoglossal nerve invasion, resulting in tongue deviation to the diseased side, accompanied by atrophy of tongue muscle on the diseased side. If bilateral hypoglossal nerves are damaged, it will be difficult to extend the tongue.

matters needing attention

Prevention of cold; Protect the skin in the radiation area from scratching; Do a good job in psychological nursing to reduce panic; Help patients with neck rotation, kowtow, mumps, smile, mouth opening and other functional exercise, try to avoid going to places with serious air pollution, do not smoke, do not eat, eat less or do not eat salted fish, salted vegetables, bacon and other food.