Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma be infected

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Recently, my friend's mother found out that she suffered from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In her daily life, she often had symptoms of epistaxis. Recently, she went to the hospital for surgical treatment. Now her condition has been controlled to a certain extent. Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma be infected? Let me tell you this question, so that you can better treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma This disease.

Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma be infected

First, nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not contagious. Kissing virus can spread and cause nasopharyngeal carcinoma. EB virus can be transmitted through saliva, and kissing will directly increase the chance of suffering from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. As there is no drug or saliva that can eliminate EB virus so far.

Second: nasopharyngeal carcinoma itself is not infectious, but the EC virus related to its pathogenicity is infectious, but at present, EB virus can not be considered as the cause of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In the pathogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, EB virus is likely to play a carcinogenic role on the premise of genetic factors and (or) some specific environmental factors.

Third, there are four ways for cancer cells to metastasize, namely, direct spread, lymphatic metastasis, hematogenous metastasis and implantation metastasis, which will not be transmitted by other ways. In general, it will not be infected by normal skin contact. However, when the skin is damaged, the cancer cells will be planted. In this way, the cancer cells will metastasize rather than infect others.

matters needing attention

For patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma this disease to have a positive and optimistic attitude, to face the treatment of this disease, in daily life should also timely correct some bad habits, develop good habits of life, eat more food for the body, can be appropriate for some physical exercise, to improve their physical quality.