What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence after five years? How to treat it after recurrence

What are the treatments for early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma? How should it be treated?

We must pay attention to the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence. Patients with symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence are in great pain, have a poor quality of life, often have severe pain in the face and tongue, and in severe cases even feel like dying, and need to take strong painkillers for a long time.

The main symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma recurrence are:

1. Nose bleeding. Blood in the nasal discharge is often a sign of nasopharyngeal cancer.

2 Unilateral nasal congestion. It is usually not obvious in the early stage, but becomes progressively worse as the tumor grows.

3 Symptoms in one ear. The tumor tissue grows larger and invades the Eustachian tube, which can cause otitis media, ear pain, tinnitus, and hearing loss. If the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube is compressed, the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the tympanic cavity will increase, which can aggravate the tinnitus symptoms.

4. Migraine. This occurs in about 1/3 of patients. The headache is severe and fixed in location, and analgesics are ineffective.

5. Unilateral facial deviation. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma may invade the cranial nerves and may also cause facial deviation or double vision.

6. Neck lumps. According to statistics, about 80% of patients have lymph node metastases behind the clavicle and below the earlobe. The lumps grow rapidly and may be asymptomatic. They can move at first, but then adhesions occur in a short time and become fixed.

For patients with recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the best option is to undergo maxillary external rotation surgery. This surgery involves temporarily moving the maxilla from the front of the head to reach the nasopharynx. The exposure range is sufficient, and no matter whether the lesion involves the posterior nasal cavity, the top of the nasopharynx, or the bilateral nasopharyngeal side walls, it can be completely removed, so the surgical effect is ideal.