Analysis of the early symptoms of laryngeal cancer

Laryngeal cancer is a common malignant tumor in the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in my country, and is more common in middle-aged and elderly men. Among all cancers, the cure rate of laryngeal cancer is relatively high. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of laryngeal cancer, followed by basal cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, etc. Regarding the early symptoms of laryngeal cancer, we will ask experts to explain it to us in detail.

Early symptoms of throat cancer include:

1. Persistent hoarseness, foreign body sensation in the throat or pain when swallowing:

The most common symptom of laryngeal cancer in the early stage is hoarseness. If you find unexplained hoarseness in your daily life, and the symptoms last for more than three weeks and do not gradually improve, you should go to the hospital for timely medical treatment and have an ENT specialist perform a careful laryngeal endoscopic examination. Because most laryngeal cancers clinically originate from the vocal cords, even very small vocal cord tumors can cause abnormal vocal cord vibrations and cause hoarseness. Symptoms such as a foreign body sensation in the throat or pain when swallowing are early symptoms of supraglottic laryngeal cancer, but tumors that originate from the vocal cords will also cause a foreign body sensation in the throat or pain when swallowing once they develop to the middle and late stages. Patients and doctors should not take it lightly because the symptoms are not obvious and delay diagnosis and treatment.

2. Inner ear pain:

When laryngeal cancer develops to a certain extent and produces ulcers and severe inflammation in the throat, it can cause reflex pain of the nerves. Early vocal cord tumors generally do not produce reflex pain. Reflex pain mainly occurs in patients with supraglottic tumors in the middle and late stages. The most common symptom is pain in the inner ear on the same side.

3. Blood in sputum and difficulty breathing:

Because the tumor carries a large number of abnormal new blood vessels, patients often find blood in their mucus or sputum after coughing. This symptom is mainly seen in patients with supraglottic and subglottic tumors and patients with mid- to late-stage vocal cord tumors. When the tumor deteriorates severely and increases in size at the primary site, it will directly block the trachea and affect breathing or make it difficult for tracheal secretions to be discharged, leading to breathing difficulties.

The above is a brief introduction to the early symptoms of laryngeal cancer. I hope it will be helpful to you. If you have any symptoms of the disease, do not delay diagnosis and go to a regular hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease and causing serious consequences. If you have other questions, please consult our online experts for detailed answers.

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