What are the characteristics of bloodshot nasal discharge from nasopharyngeal carcinoma and what are the treatments?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is already a common disease. Some patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma have bloody nasal discharge. What are the characteristics of bloody nasal discharge in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients? What are the treatment methods?

What are the characteristics of bloody nasal discharge in nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Acute inflammation of the nasal cavity and sinuses: Since the mucosal blood vessels are dilated and congested, they are prone to rupture or bleeding, so it is common to have nose bleeding of varying degrees when suffering from acute rhinitis or acute sinusitis caused by a cold. Most of these patients are accompanied by local and systemic symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, fever, headache, etc., and the bloody nose lasts for a short time. If the acute inflammation is controlled, the bleeding will stop.

Dry or atrophic nasal mucosa becomes thinner and more fragile, and is prone to small amounts of repeated bleeding. Foreign bodies in the nasal cavity usually occur in children. When children play, they put paper balls or small toys into the nasal cavity. If paper balls or other objects are left in the nasal cavity for a long time, symptoms such as nasal congestion on that side and foul-smelling, bloody nasal discharge will occur.

What are the treatments?

Chemotherapy can be used.

Systemic chemotherapy can be taken orally, intramuscularly, or intravenously. Commonly used drugs include nitrogen mustard, cyclophosphamide, 5-fluorouracil, bleomycin, thiotepa, etc. One drug can be used alone or in combination.

Half-body chemotherapy is a therapy that compresses the abdominal aorta, temporarily blocks the blood circulation in the lower body, and quickly injects nitrogen mustard from the upper limb vein. Nitrogen mustard takes effect 2 to 3 minutes after being injected into the body, and the drug potency can be reduced by half after 15 minutes. This can not only increase the drug concentration in the upper body, but also protect the bone marrow hematopoietic function of the lower body.

Arterial catheterization chemotherapy can increase drug concentration in the nasopharynx and reduce systemic side effects. Anticancer drugs are injected through retrograde catheterization of the superficial temporal artery or facial artery.

If you suffer from nasopharyngeal cancer, you must actively cooperate with treatment to recover your health faster and avoid greater impact on your life and work.