Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is easily overlooked

Early detection and early treatment are crucial for the high incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China. Most patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in my country are between 30 and 60 years old. Because the site of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is relatively hidden, adjacent to important organs such as eyes, ears, nose, throat, skull base and cranial nerves, and easy to directly infiltrate adjacent organs or lymph node metastasis under the mucosa, the symptoms are variable or not obvious, and are often neglected by patients or doctors.

Many patients often go to internal medicine, neurology, and ophthalmology for treatment first, and then go through many twists and turns before going to the otolaryngology department. As a result, many patients' conditions are delayed due to insufficient understanding of the disease. Since the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer are relatively complex and easy to misdiagnose or miss, people should be more vigilant!

Diseases in the nasopharynx should be detected and treated in a standardized manner as early as possible to avoid long-term inflammation that damages the tissues and causes malignant changes in the tissues. In daily life, we should try to avoid being exposed to heavily polluted external air environments, because the nasopharynx is the only way for breathing movements. Harmful gases first invade the nasopharynx before entering the lungs, which will cause damage to the tissues of the nasopharynx over time. If nose bleeding is accompanied by tinnitus, it may be an early sign of nasopharyngeal cancer and must be taken seriously.