How long does nasopharyngeal carcinoma last

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I'm not very clear about nasopharyngeal carcinoma. These days my friend has been runny nose and seems to have caught a cold. But my throat is always sore and it's hard to swallow when I eat. Later, I learned that it's the early stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Now let's know how long nasopharyngeal carcinoma lasts.

How long does nasopharyngeal carcinoma last

First: the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. I'll answer this question for you. The early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be expressed as follows: when 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, the light one can cause blood in the nose (that is, blood in the sputum when the nose is sucked back), and the heavy one can cause epistaxis. This symptom is common in patients with ulcers or cauliflower type on the surface of the tumor, but rarely in submucosal type.

Second, headache was a common symptom, accounting for 68.6%. It can be the first symptom or the only symptom. In the early stage, the position of headache was not fixed and intermittent. The late stage was persistent migraine with fixed location. The reason is that early patients may be caused by neurovascular reflex or stimulation of the first trigeminal nerve. Late stage patients are often caused by the destruction of the skull base and intracranial spread of tumors involving cranial nerves.

Third: cancer cells are very stubborn, develop very fast, and have strong variability. Depending on the patient's physical condition and the type of cancer cells, the primary cancer breaks through the surface of the mucous membrane and produces blood snot. The nasal secretion often has blood or blood clots when it is sucked back. It is common after getting up in the morning, which is one of the early symptoms. When the advanced cancer ulcers, it may have pus like discharge or cause a large amount of bleeding which is not easy to stop, even life-threatening. At the initial stage, there is no nasal obstruction. When the cancer blocks the posterior nostril, it can cause unilateral or bilateral nasal obstruction.

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If nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not treated in time, the deterioration of the disease is still a threat to the patient's health and even life. I hope that the patient can be treated in time, adjust their mentality, try to avoid colds in life, and reduce their pain.