What are the symptoms after treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

What are the symptoms after treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

1. Regular postoperative CT and MRI examinations for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients can prevent postoperative recurrence. After nasopharyngeal carcinoma occurs, abnormal conditions such as nasal bleeding, mild foreign body sensation in the nasopharynx, and ear obstruction may occur. There may also be enlargement of the lymph nodes behind the ears, submandibular lymph nodes, and cervical lymph nodes, or increased upper respiratory tract secretions.

2. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor. Clinically, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are usually used to treat the body, causing great damage, and it is easy to have skin symptoms and ptosis of the eyelids and facial numbness. According to statistics, about 80% of patients have lymph node metastasis under the clavicle and earlobe. The mass grows rapidly and is asymptomatic.

What should I do if my voice becomes hoarse after chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

For nasopharyngeal cancer patients, hoarseness after radiotherapy may be related to radiotherapy. For the patient's diet, it is recommended to mainly eat a light and digestible low-salt and low-fat diet, appropriately increase the patient's nutrition, and eat less or no spicy, fried and other irritating foods.

Strengthen nutrition, exercise properly, improve immunity, and the symptoms will improve after radiotherapy stops. Patients have hoarse throats after chemotherapy.

Can malignant nasopharyngeal carcinoma be cured?

Malignant nasopharyngeal cancer may not be cured. It varies from person to person, and the treatment effects vary depending on the physical condition. During the disease, you must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment to control the disease and prolong life. You can drink chicken soup appropriately to regulate your body, but you should not eat too much and increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract to avoid causing excessive fat. Drinking chicken soup helps expel the virus.

Advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma may be accompanied by metastasis and invasion to other parts of the body, directly invading the skull base, invading the brain, and also accompanied by lymph node and lung metastasis. Radiotherapy is the first choice for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.