What are the late stage symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and how to treat it

What are the late symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma? How to treat it?

Due to the hidden anatomical location of the nasopharynx, the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are atypical, early diagnosis is difficult and easy to delay, so special vigilance should be taken. Most cases are discovered in the middle and late stages, and the best treatment opportunity is lost.

In advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the symptoms of cancer penetration and metastasis are obvious. The specific symptoms are as follows:

1. Nasal congestion: When the tumor invades the nostrils and nasal cavity, nasal congestion symptoms are obvious.

2. Eye symptoms: When nasopharyngeal carcinoma invades the nerves related to the eye socket and the eyeball, visual impairment, exophthalmos, diplopia, and restricted eye movement may occur.

3. Ptosis and fixed eyeballs: related to oculomotor nerve damage. Vision loss or disappearance is related to optic nerve damage or orbital cone invasion. Hoarseness and dysphagia are related to vagus nerve and glossopharyngeal nerve damage.

4. Diplopia: Due to tumor invasion of the abducens nerve, outward vision often results in double vision. Sliding nerve invasion often results in inward strabismus and diplopia. It often damages the trigeminal nerve at the same time.

5. Tinnitus and hearing loss: Tumor infiltration and Eustachian tube compression cause negative pressure in the tympanic cavity.

6. Headache: It usually manifests as persistent unilateral pain, mostly on the top of the face, which is also one of the symptoms.

7. Tongue muscle atrophy and tongue deviation: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma directly invades or lymph nodes metastasize to the posterior part of the styloid process or the hypoglossal canal, invading the hypoglossal nerve, causing the tongue to deviate to the affected side, accompanied by tongue muscle atrophy on the affected side.

How to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Most of the late stages are stage III or stage III IV. That is, the tumor has invaded the nasal cavity, oropharynx or brain, cranial nerves and distant metastasis.

The development of the specific situation also varies from person to person, so patients must go to the hospital for detailed examination in order to develop a better treatment plan. Patients with advanced nasopharyngeal cancer have extremely weak constitutions and low immunity.

In the clinical treatment of patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma, cellular immunotherapy is used to enhance the effects of surgery and radiotherapy, improve immunity, and prevent cancer cell metastasis and recurrence.