The difference between allergic rhinitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma

What is the difference between allergic rhinitis and nasopharyngeal cancer? Guangdong is a high-incidence area for nasopharyngeal cancer. Now that we are in the season change from late summer to early autumn, the number of patients with rhinitis has begun to increase. So, what is the difference between rhinitis and nasopharyngeal cancer? Can rhinitis lead to nasopharyngeal cancer?

Rhinitis refers to inflammation of the nasal mucosa and submucosal tissue. The manifestations of rhinitis vary. In terms of pathological changes, there are allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, chronic simple rhinitis, chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, caseous rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis, etc.; in terms of the rapidity of onset and the length of the course of the disease, it can be divided into acute rhinitis and chronic rhinitis. In addition, some rhinitis, although slow in onset and long in duration, has specific causes of disease, so it has a specific name, such as allergic rhinitis (also known as allergic rhinitis), drug-induced rhinitis, etc.

The symptoms of rhinitis are nasal congestion, itchy nose, runny nose, sneezing, headache, and loss of smell are the main symptoms of rhinitis. In severe cases, there is also increased nasal secretions: it can be unilateral or bilateral.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma refers to a malignant tumor that occurs on the top and side walls of the nasopharyngeal cavity. It is one of the most common malignant tumors in my country, with the highest incidence rate among malignant tumors of the ear, nose and throat. Common clinical symptoms include nasal congestion, blood in mucus, stuffy ears, hearing loss, diplopia and headache. Most nasopharyngeal carcinomas are moderately sensitive to radiotherapy, and radiotherapy is the preferred treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Can rhinitis lead to nasopharyngeal cancer? The answer is no. Rhinitis and nasal cancer are two different things. There is no connection between the two. If you have rhinitis, you will not get nasal cancer. Nasal cancer is caused by a series of carcinogenic factors that lead to the activation of oncogenes, while rhinitis is just inflammation, which is the body's defense response.

It can be seen from this that rhinitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma are two different diseases with different causes and symptoms, and rhinitis will not lead to the occurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.