Complications of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma always bothers people. Uncle, ever since he contracted this disease, he has been in pain. His throat is full of ulcers. It's not good to eat and it's painful to sleep. Now he has been receiving radiotherapy. Let's talk about the complications of nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy.

Complications of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

First of all: nasopharyngeal carcinoma does have many complications. Radiotherapy is very painful. Due to the particularity of radiotherapy, patients will inevitably have dry mouth during treatment. Most of the parotid gland tissue is covered by the radiation field in the general radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. After 1-2 times of irradiation, the patients feel swelling and pain in the parotid gland area, and it is difficult to open their mouth.

Secondly: in general, patients will have oral or pharyngeal pain and dysphagia when radiotherapy is 20-30Gy (1 / 3 to 1 / 2 of the radical dose). With the increase of radiation dose, the symptoms became more and more serious.

Finally: the examination showed that the oral cavity and pharyngeal cavity mucosa were hyperemia, bleeding erosion, and the formation of pseudo membrane. When the patient can tolerate it, he does not need intermittent radiotherapy, and is given a high vitamin and high protein diet to maintain oral hygiene.

matters needing attention

Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma should have a positive and optimistic attitude to face and treat this disease. At the same time, they should actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment. They can take some appropriate physical exercise to improve their physical fitness. Food therapy is also very important. Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables is good for the remission of the disease.