Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasize to brain tumors?

Once nasopharyngeal carcinoma has brain metastasis, it is difficult to treat. Patients can control the growth of tumors through scientific and reasonable treatment methods. Brain metastasis is already in the middle and late stages and is not suitable for surgical treatment. It is easy to cause increased intracranial pressure and neurological reactions. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor of the nasopharynx that can be transferred to the brain through the blood circulation. Generally, brain metastasis occurs in the late stage. It is recommended to use chemotherapy combined with local radiotherapy for treatment. At the same time, pay attention to regular review to try to prolong the patient's survival. Brain metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients is in the middle and late stages.

What are the signs of nasopharyngeal cancer?

Ear symptoms: Tumors occurring in the pharyngeal recess may compress or block the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube in the early stages, causing tinnitus, a sense of ear blockage, and hearing loss on that side, leading to secretory otitis media. For nasopharyngeal carcinoma, nasal congestion, runny nose, bloody nasal discharge, stuffy ears, tinnitus, and hearing loss are likely to occur in the early stages. The early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma mainly include blood in the respired nasal discharge or blood when blowing the nose, but this does not always happen, and there is no obvious pattern, so it is easy to be ignored.

How to rinse the nasal cavity after nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment

Flushing the nasal cavity can physically expand the nasal cavity, loosen adhesions, reduce nasal mucosal reactions, and improve comfort and the effect of radiotherapy. Usually, the patient sits down, with the head forward, inserts the front end of the flusher filled with solution into one nostril, and squeezes the nasopharyngeal flusher with the hand to slowly inject the flushing liquid into the nasal cavity. The pressure during flushing should not be too high. Flushing the nose for nasopharyngeal cancer requires long-term flushing. Medical saline can be used as the liquid, which is cost-effective and has little irritation to the nose. Flushing the nose for nasopharyngeal cancer is mainly used to relieve the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer. Flushing the nose is mainly to remove nasopharyngeal secretions and keep the nasal cavity clean and moist.