Does nasopharyngeal cancer cause tinnitus? What are the early symptoms?

Does nasopharyngeal cancer cause tinnitus? What are the early symptoms?

1. According to clinical statistics, more than 65% of nasopharyngeal cancer patients have tinnitus symptoms. The sound in the patient's ear varies from person to person, some are like cicadas and insects, some are like wind and machine roar, etc., with varying degrees of severity.

2. Therefore, nasopharyngeal carcinoma can cause tinnitus, and patients with tinnitus need to pay close attention to their health. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma refers to a malignant tumor that occurs in the nasopharyngeal mucosa. Because it grows in the nasopharynx behind the nasal cavity, its location is relatively hidden, and there are often no obvious symptoms in the early stage, which is easy to be ignored. Most patients are diagnosed only after a lump or other metastatic symptoms are found in the neck, thus losing the best time for treatment. Therefore, if you have unexplained tinnitus, you should pay attention to the condition of your neck.

3. In addition to tinnitus, nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients also have these symptoms in the early stage: often one or more ear and nose symptoms or headaches. The initial symptoms that prompt patients to seek medical treatment are varied, such as lymph node masses on the upper side of the neck, ear and nose symptoms such as blood in the nose and mucus, symptoms of otitis media, headaches, cranial nerve damage such as diplopia, distant metastasis, dermatomyositis, etc.

4. Frequency order of symptoms and signs: The metastasis rate of cervical lymph node metastasis is as high as 60-80%, half of which have bilateral metastasis, hematuria, epistaxis, headache, tinnitus, hearing loss, nasal congestion, cranial nerve damage and others.