Several common symptoms of late stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma

In the late stage of nasopharyngeal cancer, the patient's body is already very weak. The symptoms of late stage nasopharyngeal cancer often appear at the same time, and the harm to the patient will be doubled. What are the common symptoms of late stage nasopharyngeal cancer ? The following is a list of common symptoms of late stage nasopharyngeal cancer.

In general, the common symptoms of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma are:

1. Bloody nose or epistaxis Retractile bloody nose is one of the symptoms of late stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Because the tumor grows in the nasopharyngeal cavity, when the nasal or nasopharyngeal secretions are sucked back, friction occurs, and even epistaxis may occur. This symptom is more common in patients with ulcers or cauliflower-shaped lesions.

2. Nasal congestion. This symptom of late-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma is often caused by a unilateral tumor blocking the posterior nostril. Tumors located on the anterior wall of the nasopharynx are more likely to cause it.

3. Headache, mostly persistent pain in the unilateral temporal, parietal or occipital region, is often caused by cranial nerve damage or skull base bone destruction, or local inflammatory infection of the nasopharynx or neurovascular reflex disorder. This is also a common symptom of late-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

4. Symptoms of late-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma may also include strabismus and diplopia: due to the invasion of the abducens nerve by the tumor, double vision is caused when looking outward; cancer cells invade the trochlear nerve, which can cause inward strabismus and diplopia; direct invasion of nasopharyngeal carcinoma or lymph node metastasis to the posterior area of ​​the styloid process or the hypoglossal canal, invading the hypoglossal nerve, causing the tongue to deviate to the affected side, accompanied by atrophy of the tongue muscles on the affected side, etc.

The above is an introduction to the common symptoms of late-stage nasopharyngeal cancer. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Once the symptoms of late-stage nasopharyngeal cancer appear, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid making the condition worse.