What to do if you have a loss of taste in your mouth and swollen and painful gums during radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer

What should I do if I have a loss of taste in my mouth and swollen and painful gums during radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. You can take some drugs with good anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, or you can choose intravenous infusion for treatment, which will be more effective.

2. In normal times, you should also be careful not to eat spicy and irritating foods, and don't eat foods that are too hard. You can eat more fresh and light foods. After radiotherapy, the body's immune function decreases, leading to periodontal infection and causing periodontitis. You can take artificial bezoar metronidazole tablets orally, rinse your mouth with saline, maintain oral hygiene, rinse your mouth after meals, brush your teeth in the morning and evening, eat a light diet, eat less spicy and irritating foods, quit smoking and limit alcohol.

3. Swollen and painful gums are common after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Is stage III nasopharyngeal cancer serious?

Patients with stage III nasopharyngeal carcinoma are already in the late stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The lesion is relatively serious and surgery has lost its meaning at this time. The survival rate will also decrease at this stage.

For nasopharyngeal carcinoma at this stage, radiotherapy can be considered. If there are residual lesions, local salvage surgical resection can be performed. Some patients can achieve relatively good treatment results. Confirmed stage III nasopharyngeal carcinoma is already a late-stage malignant tumor.