What are the late symptoms of laryngeal cancer

Laryngeal cancer is a malignant tumor originating from the epithelial tissue of the laryngeal mucosa. This disease often occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. After suffering from laryngeal cancer, patients will experience hoarseness and difficulty swallowing food in the early stage. In the later stage, the symptoms will increase and will bring greater pain to the patient. For this reason, we must detect and treat laryngeal cancer as early as possible. So, what are the symptoms of laryngeal cancer in the later stage?

1. Severe hoarseness or even loss of voice

In the late stage of laryngeal cancer, the vocal cord mucosa and even the vocal cord muscles are severely invaded, and the vocal cords will be fixed. As a result, the hoarseness will be more serious, and even the voice will be unable to be uttered.

2. Difficulty breathing

In the late stage of laryngeal cancer, the tumor grows relatively large, which can cause glottis obstruction and vocal cord fixation. At this time, there will be severe dyspnea and the three-depression sign (i.e., when inhaling, due to glottis obstruction, chest expansion, negative pressure in the chest cavity, resulting in depression of the intercostal space, suprasternal fossa, and supraclavicular fossa).

3. Physical exhaustion and weight loss

Laryngeal cancer is a malignant tumor, which is a wasting disease. Usually, symptoms such as weight loss and emaciation can be seen in the early stage. In the late stage of laryngeal cancer, weight loss is more obvious, and symptoms of "cachexia" often occur, that is, severe weight loss, often resulting in signs of "skin and bones", facial changes, etc. At this time, the patient may experience failure of various system functions and gradually endanger his life.

4. Transfer occurs

In the late stage, the blood in the sputum may worsen, and the patient will obviously feel more difficult to breathe during this period. This is because the tumor has spread further with the growth, causing the entire laryngeal cavity to be blocked. In the late stage, the cervical lymph nodes will metastasize, and may metastasize to the deep middle cervical lymph nodes on the same side. In general, there are more symptoms in the late stage of laryngeal cancer, and they are more serious. It will bring greater pain and trouble to the patient.

After understanding the symptoms of laryngeal cancer in the early and late stages, we should have a clear idea in our minds. We should actively treat the disease in the early stages, when the disease is easier to control and patients can live with the disease better. If we do not actively treat it in the early stages, it will not only be difficult to treat in the late stages, but also cause patients to suffer more pain. And the effect of treatment will often be much worse.