How to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma

How is nasopharyngeal cancer treated?

1. In recent years, more new radiotherapy technologies have been developed, such as brachytherapy, gamma knife therapy, three-dimensional shape radiotherapy, shape-emphasized radiotherapy, etc. These methods increase the local radiation dose in the target area and reduce the radiation damage to the surrounding normal tissues, while improving the efficacy, reducing the side effects of radiotherapy, and improving the quality of life of patients after treatment.

2. After radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the main sequelae of NPC are rhinitis and pharyngitis. Some patients will have secretory otitis media, which is due to pharyngeal adhesion caused by NPC after radiotherapy, affecting the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube. Most NPC are poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinomas and are sensitive to radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is the first choice of treatment, followed by chemotherapy and surgery.

Can people with high uric acid and gout drink coffee?

Can gout patients drink coffee? In fact, many clinical studies have confirmed that coffee is beneficial to the excretion of uric acid. Of course, how much you drink is related. A small amount of effect is not too great, but more appropriate.

For example, drinking two to three cups a day is very effective. Gout patients can drink coffee appropriately. Coffee is a low-purine beverage that will not aggravate the patient's condition. Drinking coffee appropriately can also help diuresis and reduce swelling, and help promote uric acid excretion. Can gout patients with high uric acid drink coffee?