I have a stuffy nose all the time, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, alternating between the two sides. Could it be nasopharyngeal cancer?

If you have a stuffy nose, you may have a common cold. You cannot be completely sure that it is a symptom of nasal cancer. If you want to have a clear diagnosis, you should first go to the hospital in time to cooperate with the offline doctor to do a nasal endoscopy and take local tissue for pathological examination. In general, simple nasal congestion symptoms will not be nasopharyngeal cancer. Common symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer are nose bleeding, headache, dizziness, ear problems, hearing impairment, and the most typical symptom of nasopharyngeal cancer is nose bleeding. Nasopharyngeal cancer can cause nasal congestion symptoms, but nasal congestion symptoms do not mean that it is nasopharyngeal cancer.

Will I get nasopharyngeal cancer if I always catch a cold?

Normally, a cold should not lead to this condition, but if it is caused by a virus or other reasons, the possibility of such symptoms cannot be completely ruled out. You should still pay attention to maintaining your health and strengthening your physical fitness. Frequent colds do not necessarily lead to nasopharyngeal cancer, but they may induce inflammation of the nasopharynx. For nasopharyngeal cancer, the most common cause is still related to family hereditary disease history, environmental factors, Epstein-Barr virus infection, etc. Colds will not cause nasopharyngeal cancer. Nasopharyngeal cancer will have headache symptoms in the early stages.

What should I do 5 years after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma also have many sequelae after radiotherapy. These sequelae include some acute reactions and some late reactions. Some patients may have some sequelae after three months or even half a year, and some patients may maintain it for longer. Most patients will have some dry mouth and some digestive system symptoms. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, at present, has a relatively high survival rate among all cancers. After radiotherapy, according to statistics, the 5-year survival rate is over 56%, and the 10-year survival rate is also over 30%, which is considered relatively good. Five years after radiotherapy for rhinitis, if there is no abnormality in the condition, regular follow-up examinations are mainly required.