Sequelae and complications of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

What are the sequelae and complications of nasopharyngeal carcinoma? There are many patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and there are many patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma around us. In fact, nasopharyngeal carcinoma is not a terminal illness. The terrible thing is that this disease can cause many complications. Therefore, patients must actively receive treatment and grasp the best treatment time to ensure the treatment effect of the disease.

During the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, patients may show many symptoms, and the same is true during treatment. These symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, tastelessness or change in taste in the mouth, insomnia or drowsiness, etc. Some patients may experience changes in blood counts, especially leukopenia. Although the degree varies, it can generally be overcome through symptomatic treatment and radiotherapy can be completed. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction and soft tissue atrophy and fibrosis, radiation-induced caries, radiation-induced mandibular osteomyelitis, and radiation-induced encephalomyelopathy.

If relevant complications occur, formal treatment measures should be taken in a timely manner. After radiotherapy, the mandibular temporal joint of the head and neck may be dysfunctional, and sometimes it may be difficult to open the mouth and the neck movement is limited. In order to prevent these complications, during radiotherapy, you should do some appropriate activities according to your physical condition, such as deep breathing, outdoor walking, slow rotation of the left and right hands in front and behind the neck, mouth opening exercises such as holding a small round plastic bottle or a smooth small log in the mouth, and massage the mandibular temporal joint.

It can be seen that in the process of treating nasopharyngeal cancer patients, more symptoms will also appear. Coupled with the influence of drugs on patients, the harm of nasopharyngeal cancer is still relatively large. In response to this phenomenon, timely countermeasures should be taken to keep patients away from these complications.

Nasopharyngeal cancer is a very harmful disease. We must learn more about this disease in our daily lives and not let our own neglect cause the onset and deterioration of the disease. A good attitude is the key to curing the disease. Patients should not ignore the harmfulness of the disease, but should also face the disease positively.