What is the difference between rhinitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma bleeding

What is the difference between the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and rhinitis? Is nasopharyngeal carcinoma caused by rhinitis? These are issues that nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients are more worried about. So is there any relationship between nasopharyngeal carcinoma and rhinitis? Let's continue to look at the difference between rhinitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma bleeding.

Eighty percent of nasopharyngeal cancer patients in the world are concentrated in China, and about 90% of nasopharyngeal cancer is caused by long-term treatment of rhinitis. At present, with the accelerated pace of work and study, rhinitis patients are gradually getting younger. Adults will suffer from headaches, unclear minds, drowsiness, and low work efficiency due to rhinitis; while teenagers will lose their concentration due to symptoms such as nasal congestion and headaches caused by rhinitis, and their memory and academic performance will decline significantly.

In addition, symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer caused by rhinitis include nasal congestion and difficulty breathing due to long-term nasal congestion, which can cause sleep apnea syndrome; the patient's inferior turbinate is enlarged and lacks oxygen during sleep, which in severe cases can cause cerebral infarction, high blood pressure, sudden heart attack, etc. Some patients may even die suddenly at night.

What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer?

Nasal congestion: Nasal congestion is an early symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Most cases are unilateral. When the nasopharyngeal tumor grows, bilateral nasal congestion may occur.

Blood in the nose: Blood in the nose is another early symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. It is manifested as blood in the nose or blood in the nose when sucked back from the mouth, also known as blood in the sputum. Blood in the nose often occurs after getting up in the morning. When the amount of blood in the nose is not large, it is often neglected by patients and mistaken for rhinitis or sinusitis, or is treated as hemoptysis in the internal medicine department.

Tinnitus and hearing loss: Tinnitus, stuffy ears and hearing loss are also early signs of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. This symptom is caused by the nasopharyngeal carcinoma neoplasm blocking the Eustachian tube opening on the affected side. Hearing loss may also be caused by further deterioration of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and damage to the auditory nerve. Tinnitus and hearing loss are often misdiagnosed as otitis media or other diseases, which delays treatment.

Headache: When nasopharyngeal carcinoma is first diagnosed, about 70% of patients have headache symptoms. The headache symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma often manifest as migraine, pain in the back of the skull or neck. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma headaches are mostly related to cancer tissue invading the skull base bones, nerves and blood vessels.

Swollen lymph nodes in the neck: Many nasopharyngeal cancer patients often seek medical attention because they accidentally feel a "lump" on their neck. This "lump" is actually a swollen lymph node. Swollen lymph nodes in the neck of early nasopharyngeal cancer patients are often misdiagnosed as inflammation. For neck lumps that do not shrink after anti-inflammatory treatment or even continue to grow rapidly, especially those that are hard, have poor mobility, and are painless and fused together, you need to seek medical attention in time.