Can laryngeal cancer be contagious to others?

Laryngeal cancer is a malignant tumor and is not contagious because it is formed by the cancer of one's own cells. Therefore, you can eat and live together, and there is no need to separate the food. Because it is an advanced stage of laryngeal cancer, there is currently no better way to cure it completely. You can be hospitalized in the oncology department for treatment, and the main thing is to reduce the pain as much as possible and improve the quality of life.

Since the early symptoms of laryngeal cancer are not obvious, the common symptom is hoarseness, which is often not taken seriously and often mistaken for a cold or chronic pharyngitis, thus delaying the treatment. Don't take some throat discomfort lightly. Once you find the following 6 symptoms, be careful whether it is laryngeal cancer.

Beware of several early symptoms of laryngeal cancer

1. Hoarseness: Hoarseness is a common symptom in normal times. It can be caused by colds, getting angry, lack of sleep, etc., so it is easy to be ignored. But one thing needs to be noted here. These problems can usually be recovered quickly by resting for a while, taking some medicine, and receiving routine treatment. So when hoarseness occurs for a long time, more than 2-3 weeks, you should be highly alert to laryngeal cancer and go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

2. Sensation of foreign body in the throat, obstruction, and discomfort in swallowing: Laryngeal cancer is common in middle-aged and elderly people, and is generally most common in people over 40 or 50 years old. When this group of people repeatedly experience symptoms such as foreign body sensation in the throat, obstruction, and discomfort in swallowing, they should be careful about laryngeal cancer.

3. Blood-streaked sputum: Be careful if you cough up sputum frequently and it may contain blood, especially the first sputum you cough up in the morning.

4. Throat pain: If you have unexplained throat pain that lasts for a long time and does not improve after treatment, you should also be careful of malignant tumors such as laryngeal cancer.

5. Difficulty in breathing and swallowing: If not treated in time, the tumor will develop to a certain extent, causing difficulty in breathing and swallowing.

So, how to prevent laryngeal cancer?

Smoking and alcoholism are important causes of laryngeal cancer. Clinically, 90% of laryngeal cancer patients have a long history of smoking or drinking. Long-term excessive drinking, due to the stimulation of alcohol, can damage the mucosal epithelium in the laryngeal cavity, causing it to degenerate and cause cancer. To prevent laryngeal cancer, you should stay away from tobacco and alcohol.

Laryngeal cancer is also related to air pollution. For example, sulfur dioxide, industrial dust, etc., if inhaled for a long time, can easily lead to laryngeal cancer. Therefore, people who have been engaged in occupations with high industrial pollution for a long time should also be highly vigilant.