Is nasal bleeding a symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence?

Nasopharyngeal cancer is highly harmful, so many friends are afraid of this disease and are particularly worried about getting it. In order for us to clearly understand nasopharyngeal cancer, we must be familiar with the symptoms of the disease. Next, I will introduce the symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer to friends.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is actually a malignant tumor of nasopharyngeal mucosal lesions. It is usually caused by mental and emotional changes, bad mood, internal organ weakness, insufficient vital energy, inability to adapt to changes in external climate and environment, nasopharyngeal diseases (including residual gland infection in the nasopharynx, mucosal erosion, mucosal ulcers, nasopharyngeal hyperplasia and nodules), etc. The early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma will give you a detailed introduction to the following knowledge:

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, also known as "Guangdong cancer", is a malignant tumor originating from the nasopharynx. It is called "Guangdong cancer" because China is a high-incidence area for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients, with the highest incidence in Guangdong Province. The ratio of male to female patients is about 3:1. The proportion of male patients is much higher than that of female patients, and patients of all ages can develop the disease, but most of them are between 40 and 60 years old.

Due to the hidden location of the nasopharynx, it is not easy to check. At the same time, the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer are relatively complex and lack characteristics, so they are easily ignored, delaying diagnosis and treatment, so vigilance must be increased. Common symptoms include:

① Bleeding: mainly blood in the posterior nasal ligament or bloody nose. At the beginning, it is often a small amount of blood, which is easy to be ignored. When the amount of bleeding is large, the disease is often in the middle or late stage.

② Headache: Headache may occur in the early stage, and is mostly on one side and intermittent; in the late stage, persistent severe headache appears, which is easily mistaken for neuralgia.

③ Swollen cervical lymph nodes: Lumps appear on one or both sides of the neck, which are impotent, hard in texture, and have poor mobility, and are often easily mistaken for lymph tuberculosis or lymphadenitis.

④ Other symptoms: In addition to one or all of the above symptoms, there may also be nasal congestion, ear closure, tinnitus, numbness of the temples, diplopia, upper and lower eyes, etc. Late-stage cancer is prone to invade the brain and metastasize to distant sites such as bones, liver, and lungs.

If these symptoms occur frequently over a period of time, you should go to the hospital for a checkup. It is worth noting that chronic rhinitis is relatively common among the population. Patients with long-term and recurrent rhinitis also have similar symptoms at ordinary times, so some early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer are easily overlooked. Therefore, patients with rhinitis should pay attention to the signs and go to the hospital for a nasal endoscopy in time to prevent misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis.

Like digestive tract tumors, nasopharyngeal cancer is also easy to detect early lesions, but it is also the most difficult type of tumor to detect early lesions. This is because people are more willing to undergo professional digestive tract endoscopy after symptoms appear. In this regard, cancer prevention physical examinations are different from ordinary physical examinations and must be carried out in professional hospitals.

The above introduces the relevant symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. We must correctly understand the disease of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. After we clearly understand the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, it can help us discover the disease of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and allow the disease to be treated as quickly as possible. During treatment, we need to pay attention to strengthening nursing work.