What is the difference between rhinitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma? What are the specific differences?

What is the difference between rhinitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma? What are the specific differences?

1. Differences in symptoms.

The main symptoms of rhinitis include intermittent and alternating nasal congestion, occasional loss of smell, headache, dizziness, nasal speech, mucous or mucopurulent nasal discharge, and decreased sense of smell.

The classic symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma include simple nasal congestion, stuffy ears, foul-smelling nasal discharge, and bloody nasal discharge. Most people experience these symptoms when they wash up in the early morning. These are typical early manifestations of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

2. Comparison of symptoms between nasopharyngeal carcinoma and rhinitis bleeding

Patients with rhinitis have a history of frequent colds, and their nasal congestion is alternating, intermittent, and related to body position. When lying on the side, the lower nasal congestion worsens, while the other side is well ventilated. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma nasal congestion generally starts as unilateral nasal congestion. As the tumor continues to grow, the nasal septum is squeezed to the opposite side and bilateral nasal congestion occurs, which is progressive and continuous.

3. Rhinitis must be treated in time, and never let it develop into a serious disease. At the same time, you should do a good job in preventing nasopharyngeal cancer, avoid viral infection; quit smoking and drinking, and avoid inhaling harmful fumes, such as kerosene lamp gas, insecticide aerosols, etc.; if you find a nasopharyngeal disease, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

Experts remind that if early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer such as tinnitus, dizziness, and blood in mucus often occur over a period of time, you should go to the hospital for examination and diagnosis as soon as possible. It is important to note that patients with rhinitis should also pay attention to signs of the disease and go to the hospital for nasal endoscopy in time to prevent misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis.