CT can detect nasopharyngeal cancer. What should we pay attention to in our daily diet?

As a common disease in life, nasopharyngeal carcinoma brings inconvenience to patients in life and spirit. Can CT detect nasopharyngeal carcinoma? What should we pay attention to in our diet?

Can CT scan detect nasopharyngeal cancer?

The causes of nasopharyngeal cancer may be related to environmental factors, viral infections, and some genetic factors. For example, if there is a nasopharyngeal cancer patient in the family, nasopharyngeal cancer is likely to occur. Frequent exposure to some toxic and harmful carcinogens may also cause nasopharyngeal cancer.

There are some early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma that we can discover, which can play a good auxiliary role in the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, such as early bleeding, nasal congestion, hearing loss, tinnitus, swollen cervical lymph nodes, etc.

CT scan can detect nasopharyngeal carcinoma, but if the lesion is blocked during the imaging process, CT scan cannot diagnose nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Therefore, CT scan can only detect suspected lesions but cannot confirm the diagnosis. If a diagnosis is to be made, biopsy, MRI examination, etc. are required.

What should you pay attention to in your diet?

Patients should pay attention to improving their physical fitness through dietary conditioning, which requires patients to adopt a balanced diet, eat more vegetables and fruits; eat less salty, smoked, grilled, and pickled products; quit smoking and drinking, avoid spicy food; do not eat too dry and coarse food; the diet during radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma should be easy to digest, fresh, delicious, rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins, amino acids, such as kelp, seaweed, asparagus, jellyfish, etc.; often contain plums, olives, green plums, figs, etc. It can stimulate saliva secretion and relieve dryness symptoms.

Through the above introduction, we have learned everything about nasopharyngeal cancer and what we need to pay attention to in our daily diet. Early detection of nasopharyngeal cancer is very helpful for the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer.