What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer

What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. Generally, there will be headache, which is mostly biased to one side and intermittent. There may also be symptoms such as nasal congestion, ear closure, tinnitus, numbness of the chin, diplopia, and sagging of the upper nasal cavity. It often occurs in the pharyngeal recess and the anterior wall of the nasopharynx. The primary cancer breaks through the surface mucosa and bloody mucus appears. After getting up in the morning, the nasal secretions often contain blood or blood clots when inhaling, which is also one of the early symptoms.

2. During the examination, the neck lumps are usually hard, with small nodules on the surface, and are difficult to move because of the adhesions around them. Sometimes they fuse together to form a huge lump on the entire side of the neck.

3. Because nasopharyngeal carcinoma directly invades the lymph nodes and metastasizes to the posterior area of ​​the styloid process or the hypoglossal nerve canal, the hypoglossal nerve is invaded, causing the tongue to be extended to the affected side, accompanied by atrophy of the tongue muscle on the affected side. In the late stage, the cancer is prone to invade the brain and metastasize to distant places such as bones, liver, and lungs. If the patient is not treated, the nasal congestion will worsen, mostly unilateral. If the tumor blocks both sides, the condition will be more uncontrollable, and bilateral nasal congestion may occur in the nostrils.