How to diagnose nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients early

Early diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not difficult, and regular nasopharyngeal screening is recommended. The early manifestations of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are blood in the nasal discharge or blood in the sputum after suctioning the nose. Because the amount of blood is not large, it is often mistaken for hemoptysis and the patient goes to the internal medicine department for treatment. In fact, the tumor blood vessels in the nasopharyngeal cavity are fragile, and the surface of the tumor is not covered by mucosa, which makes it easy to have symptoms of blood in the nasal discharge. When there is a lot of bleeding and the nasal discharge has a bad smell, the possibility of nasopharyngeal carcinoma should be considered.

The expert said, "As long as you go to the hospital for treatment in time, it is not difficult to diagnose nasopharyngeal cancer in its early stage. At present, our department can screen nasopharyngeal cancer through nasal endoscopy, electronic nasopharyngoscope or microlaryngoscopy. These examinations are safe and fast, and can detect very small early nasopharyngeal cancer without any symptoms, and the cost is not high."

According to reports, nasopharyngeal cancer has obvious symptoms and signs depending on the severity of the disease, among which tinnitus or hearing loss, nasal congestion, nose bleeding, headache, facial numbness, blurred vision, neck lumps, etc. are common manifestations of patients. Experts remind that we should pay attention to early symptoms and eat less foods high in nitrite. If there are close relatives with nasopharyngeal cancer, they should often go to the hospital for Epstein-Barr virus antibodies and nasopharyngeal related examinations, which can often detect and avoid the harm caused by nasopharyngeal cancer in time.