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

What are the symptoms when nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurs? How to treat it?

The main symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence are as follows:

1. There is often severe pain in the face and tongue. In severe cases, there is even a feeling of excruciating pain, and strong painkillers need to be taken for a long time.

2. The nasopharynx is close to the skull base and the internal carotid artery. Recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer will invade the skull base bones and then spread into the skull, causing severe headaches and intracranial complications, and ultimately leading to death.

3. Recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma often invades the internal carotid artery, leading to fatal massive bleeding. In addition, since patients often have limited mouth opening after radiotherapy, it is very difficult for doctors to stop the bleeding. Therefore, they are often helpless and have to watch patients bleed to death.

4. There are many factors that cause nasopharyngeal carcinoma to recur, including tumor biological characteristics, clinical staging, and treatment techniques. The earlier the clinical staging, the better the treatment effect and the lower the recurrence rate.

How to treat it?

Radiotherapy is currently the main method for treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cobalt-60 radiotherapy is superior to deep X-ray irradiation and can also be used in combination with intracavitary radium therapy. Chemotherapy can be used in conjunction with radiotherapy or as palliative treatment for patients with advanced distant metastasis or recurrence after radiotherapy.

Commonly used drugs include cyclophosphamide, bleomycin, 5-fluorouracil, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment has a good effect on improving symptoms, strengthening physical fitness, and reducing radiotherapy and chemotherapy reactions. Traditional Chinese medicine for auxiliary treatment can regulate the body as a whole, focusing on treating the root cause while treating the symptoms, and effectively reducing the recurrence rate of cancer.

Traditional Chinese medicine, such as ginsenoside Rh2, which contains 16.2%, can induce apoptosis of tumor cells and transform them into normal cells; inhibit cancer cell proliferation; and reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Long-term use can not only regulate the body's overall immunity and help other treatment methods, but also effectively inhibit the recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.