What to do if you lose your sense of taste due to nasopharyngeal cancer

What should I do if I lose my sense of taste due to nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. Nasopharyngeal cancer can cause loss of taste. It is a malignant tumor that occurs in the epithelium of the nasal mucosa. Some nasopharyngeal cancer patients may lose their sense of taste after surgery. The cancer cells may invade the patient's oral cavity, causing a decrease in taste, which may affect eating after surgery.

2. You should still pay attention to this situation and try to improve your health by adjusting your diet in your daily life. Do not eat spicy food. You need to eat a light diet to control the symptoms of this disease. You need to take care of your body. If you lose your sense of taste due to nasopharyngeal cancer, you can communicate with your attending physician.

What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. The clinical symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer mainly manifest in the throat, with a feeling of foreign body and difficulty in swallowing. Sometimes there are also symptoms such as coughing up blood and blood in sputum. In severe cases, there may be symptoms such as difficulty breathing or even breathing arrest. The treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer mainly relies on radiotherapy. If it cannot be cured, surgery can be performed.

2. There are many clinical manifestations of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and most patients will show the following symptoms: Blood in the nose: It is an early symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, manifested as blood in the nose, or manifested as bloody nasal discharge from the mouth, also known as aspirated blood in sputum, which often occurs after getting up in the morning.

3. The clinical symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma include respiration of blood in sputum, swollen cervical lymph nodes, headache, nasal congestion, diplopia, hearing loss, tinnitus, etc.