What should I do if I am diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in six months of pregnancy?

What should I do if I am diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer in the sixth month of my pregnancy? Nasopharyngeal cancer is a serious disease for anyone, including pregnant women. When treating nasopharyngeal cancer, pregnant women cannot use the same methods as ordinary people, because pregnant women should not only consider their own health, but also the health of their babies. Therefore, the safest way for pregnant women to treat nasopharyngeal cancer is diet therapy.

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, and its incidence rate ranks first 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 first choice for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. However, for highly differentiated cancers, advanced disease courses and recurrence after radiotherapy, surgical resection and chemotherapy are also indispensable means.

What should pregnant women do if they have nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer should not eat pickled food, moldy food, or unfresh vegetables, because these foods are important sources of nitrite. Nitrite can be used to synthesize nitroso compounds in food or in the stomach, and most nitroso compounds are relatively clear carcinogens. In addition, some processed foods, such as smoked fish, pickled meat, and fried bacon, contain more nitroso compounds.

2. Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables with high vitamin content. Fresh fruits and vegetables contain a lot of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, etc. In recent years, studies have found that they have antioxidant effects, can remove free radicals, block the synthesis of carcinogen nitrosamines, inhibit cancer cells, and also have the effects of enhancing the body's immunity and promoting ulcer healing. At the same time, when eating green vegetables, you should eat them as soon as you buy them, and do not leave them for too long, preferably not overnight, to avoid the loss of vitamins and other nutrients.

3. Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer should eat more foods with high protein content. Meat foods such as chicken, duck, fish, and meat have high quality protein content and can be eaten frequently, but care should be taken not to eat too much. Bean foods are also an ideal source of protein. You can eat tofu and drink soy milk frequently. Sufficient protein supplementation can not only speed up the recovery of trauma caused by radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery, but also enhance the body's immunity.

After a pregnant woman is diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, she can follow the above dietary therapy to avoid adverse effects on the health of the baby in her belly. Under this premise, curing nasopharyngeal cancer is the greatest success of the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer for pregnant women. When nasopharyngeal cancer is cured, a healthy and lovely baby is born, and the whole family lives happily together, which is what everyone wants.