Can nasopharyngeal cancer cause eardrum perforation?

Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer may have perforated eardrums, but perforated eardrums may also be caused by trauma or other inflammatory diseases, not necessarily caused by rhinitis. You can do an ear endoscopy to check the specific cause. If you have nasopharyngeal cancer, you can have surgery, but you must have surgical resection. If you lose the opportunity for surgical resection, you can only receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy to control the tumor and prolong your life. Some patients may have perforated eardrums. If the perforation is caused by radiotherapy, it can usually be repaired by surgery.

What should I do if my arm hurts after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer?

There are many side effects after radiotherapy, which can easily cause muscle pain. Traditional Chinese medicine is usually used in clinical treatment to relieve the side effects of radiotherapy, improve the patient's immunity, and control the development of arm pain. CT magnetic resonance imaging and blood routine examinations are used to clarify the cause and provide targeted treatment for neuropathic pain or pain caused by metastasis. Radiotherapy can reduce the recurrence and metastasis rate of tumors, but there will also be related side effects after radiotherapy, and a small amount of cancer cells will remain. Among them, muscle soreness is a side effect of arm pain in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

How to know if nasopharyngeal cancer is cured

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is different from other tumors. Its treatment method is mainly radiotherapy. While treating the tumor, the normal tissue near the tumor is also damaged by different doses of radiation, which greatly increases the possibility of causing new tumors. If early nasopharyngeal carcinoma is treated actively and in a standardized manner, it may be cured. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma should not be easily cured.