What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the middle and late stages and how to care for it

In the disease discovery stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients, many nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients have entered the middle and late stages when diagnosed and discovered. So, what are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the middle and late stages? How to care?

What are the symptoms of mid-to-late stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

1. Enlarged cervical lymph nodes: The tumor metastasizes to the cervical lymph nodes. The cervical lymph nodes are painless, hard, and active in the early stage, and adhered and fixed to the skin or deep tissues in the late stage.

2. Eye symptoms: If the tumor invades the orbit or eye-related nerves, visual impairment or even blindness, visual defects, diplopia, protrusion of the eyeball and limited movement, neuroparalytic keratitis, etc. may occur. Fundus examination can show optic nerve atrophy and edema. Most of these manifestations are in the late stage, but some patients still treat the disease.

3. Symptoms of cranial nerve damage: As nasopharyngeal carcinoma infiltrates into the surrounding areas, any compression of cranial nerves will cause corresponding symptoms and signs.

4. Distant metastasis: NPC can metastasize to various parts of the body, but is more common in bones, lungs, and liver. Multiple organs can metastasize at the same time.

5. Cachexia: terminal manifestations, death, sudden bleeding.

How to care?

1. Rinse your mouth with tea: Rinse your mouth with warm tea after each meal, alternately puffing your cheeks and sucking, and rinse your mouth thoroughly for 1-3 times to remove food debris between teeth, thereby achieving the effect of cleaning teeth and maintaining oral hygiene.

2. Gently tap or bite your teeth: 2-3 times a day, 100 times each time, lick the periodontal area with the tip of the tongue for 3-5 circles. This can strengthen the teeth, fully exercise the chewing muscles, and prevent their fibrosis.

3 Swallowing saliva: Swallowing liquid frequently can stimulate saliva secretion, moisten the throat, reduce dryness of the tongue, exercise the tongue, teeth and cheek muscles, and prevent the degeneration of oral function.

It can be seen from this that when the patient's nasopharyngeal carcinoma reaches the middle and late stages, symptoms such as swollen cervical lymph nodes, cranial nerve damage, and malignancy are symptoms of the middle and late stages of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.