What to do if you have dry mouth after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

What should I do if I have dry mouth after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

1. Dry mouth may occur after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The symptoms can be relieved by medication. You should drink more water, eat more fruits and vegetables, avoid spicy and irritating foods, avoid infections caused by getting angry, pay more attention to rest, avoid staying up late, avoid fatigue, and choose the appropriate treatment method according to your symptoms.

2. Clinically, Chinese medicine mainly adopts the method of nourishing yin and detoxifying for these symptoms. The preferred Chinese medicines include ginseng, Fritillaria thunbergii, oyster, and Adenophora radix, which can inhibit the development of the virus by nourishing yin and detoxifying. Radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients may cause certain adverse reactions and sequelae.

Does nasopharyngeal cancer cause cold symptoms?

After radiotherapy for rhinitis cancer, the patient's immunity may be weakened, so he or she may catch colds frequently. This requires patients to pay more attention to preventing colds. Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer will have a slight decrease in resistance after becoming ill.

Nasopharyngeal cancer patients will have cold symptoms. If the patient's immunity is reduced or he does not pay attention to keeping warm, he will have cold symptoms. He can take medicine after the cold occurs. He can take medicine for clearing away heat and detoxification and medicine for treating colds. It will not be affected by nasopharyngeal cancer. Common clinical symptoms are nasal congestion, blood in mucus, stuffy ears, hearing loss, double vision and headache.