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

What are the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer? How is it treated?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a common malignant tumor, especially in southern China, with a higher incidence in middle-aged and middle-aged men.

Due to the hidden location of the nasopharynx and the difficulty in examination, the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma are complex and lack characteristics, which can easily be ignored, leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment. We must remain vigilant.

Common early symptoms include:

1. Swollen cervical lymph nodes. Patients often accidentally feel a lump on their neck, or find that the two sides of the neck are asymmetrical when looking in the mirror. The lump is often hard, painless, and affects movement. It has the characteristics of early metastasis and high metastasis rate.

2. Contractile blood. One of the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer is spitting out blood from the mouth, especially after getting up in the morning.

3. Tinnitus or hearing loss. That is, the ears are buzzing, or deafness, and the hearing is worse than before.

4. Headache. Pain in the occipital or temporal region, often dull pain.

5. Nasal congestion. The tumor blocks the posterior nostril or invades the nasal cavity, resulting in poor nasal ventilation.

6. Facial numbness. Tumor invasion of the trigeminal nerve can cause decreased sensation, hypersensitivity to pain, or lack of pain.

7. Diplopia. Not seeing things clearly, with double vision.

8. Tongue deviation. When the tongue is extended, it deviates to one side, infringing on the dominant hypoglossal nerve.

9 Difficulty speaking.

10. Exophthalmos. Protruding eyes may be caused by a tumor invading the back of the eye.

Nasopharyngeal cancer can be treated surgically in the early stage. If the patient is healthy after surgery, chemotherapy and TCM treatment can be considered for comprehensive conditioning. Chinese medicine can promote blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis, clear away heat and detoxify, soften and disperse nodules, reduce the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy, and has good efficacy. Chinese medicine has the effects of reducing toxicity and increasing efficacy, improving immunity, and correcting the side effects of chemotherapy.