Causes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

What is the cause of nasopharyngeal cancer?

The main clinical causes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are genetic factors, Epstein-Barr virus infection and air pollution stimulation. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is very common clinically, mostly in Guangdong, and is also called Guangdong cancer. The main symptoms of patients are gradual nasal congestion, blood circulation, tinnitus, stuffy ears, hearing loss and other related symptoms. In severe cases, patients will experience fatigue, weight loss and swollen lymph nodes in the neck. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is usually the main pathological manifestation of poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. The main treatment method is radiotherapy. At the same time, after radiotherapy, it can be treated according to the disease, adjuvant chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine. Through active treatment, the patient's 5-year survival rate is about 50%.

Viral infection: Immunological and biochemical studies have confirmed that Epstein-Barr virus is closely related to the onset of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In addition to Epstein-Barr coronavirus and other viruses, they are also believed to be involved in the occurrence and development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The cause of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is unknown. Generally speaking, nasopharyngeal carcinoma is directly related to Epstein-Barr virus infection.

What are the most obvious symptoms of nose cancer?

Once other symptoms are discovered, they are already in the late stage. There are no particularly typical symptoms in the early stage. This is why nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not easy to detect in the early stage. One reason is that in the late stage, symptoms may appear, such as headache, which is the most common. So what does the headache indicate? His nasopharyngeal carcinoma has invaded the skull base or cranial nerves. At this time, some reflex headache symptoms will appear, and bloody nasal discharge may also worsen.

Its most typical symptoms are headache and nasal bleeding. If you often have nasal bleeding, headache or other symptoms, you should go to a local regular hospital for examination as soon as possible. Early detection and early treatment will have better results. The most obvious symptom of nasopharyngeal is repeated nose bleeding, which can be more or less.