What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer? Will there be nosebleeds?

What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer? Will I have a nosebleed?

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor that occurs in the nasopharyngeal mucosa. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is highly malignant and can metastasize to the cervical lymph nodes in the early stages. Therefore, early detection and early treatment are very important.

Some of the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma include:

First, respiration of blood in the nose. In the early stage, there may be bleeding symptoms, which are manifested as blood in the sputum after suctioning the nose or blood in the nose when blowing the nose. In the early stage, there is only a small amount of blood in the sputum or nose, which sometimes appears and sometimes disappears. In the late stage, there is more bleeding, and there may be nosebleeds.

Second, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a feeling of blockage in the ear. When nasopharyngeal carcinoma occurs in the lateral wall of the nasopharynx, the lateral fossa, or the upper lip of the Eustachian tube opening, the tumor compresses the Eustachian tube, which can cause unilateral tinnitus or hearing loss, and catarrhal otitis media. Unilateral tinnitus or hearing loss, and a feeling of blockage in the ear are one of the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Third, headache. Headache is a common symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, accounting for 68.6%. It can be the first symptom or the last symptom. In the early stage, the location of headache is not fixed and it is intermittent.

Fourth, diplopia. The tumor invades the abducens nerve, which often causes double vision when looking outward. The invasion of the trochlear nerve often causes inward strabismus and diplopia, which accounts for 6.2% to 19%.

Fifth, facial numbness. This refers to numbness of the facial skin. Clinical examination shows that pain and touch sensation are reduced or absent.