How is tonsil cancer treated?

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Tonsillar cancer is a common malignant tumor of the tonsil. It is commonly seen in elderly men. It often occurs on the tonsil and is often accompanied by mild ulcers. The early symptoms of tonsil are foreign body sensation in throat, which may be caused by cold and other factors. If you still feel throat discomfort or sore throat and burning sensation after a cold, it will affect eating. If it is serious, you can think of ear, tonsil, dysphagia, dyspnea, throat bleeding and other symptoms. Whether it is early or late, the discovery should be timely to the hospital for examination, timely treatment, so as not to make the disease worse. Let's take a look at the following.

How is tonsil cancer treated?

First: tonsil examination can pass, blood routine examination can exclude blood diseases and inflammation, indirect and microscopic examination can check the tongue base and surrounding area. For the pathological examination of living tissue, if there is a tumor inside or outside the tonsil area, it should be taken, and the living tissue should be sent for pathological examination. For the lesions hidden in the tonsil or invading the nasopharynx or the base of the tongue, it can be examined by finger palpation after the pharynx is fully anaesthetized.

Second: laryngoscopy, tracheoscopy, esophagoscopy and other examination, clear tumor shape, trachea and esophagus by the situation, treatment of tonsil, but also early detection of disease, early to the hospital examination, must take early detection and early treatment, to the regular hospital for detailed examination, and then further treatment.

Third: the neck and supraclavicular fossa examination, can clearly find the cervical lymph node metastasis, and the relationship with the neck blood vessels. The size, extent and degree of invasion of the tumor, the relationship with the surrounding organs, and whether there is metastasis of the lung, liver and other distant organs can be determined by chest and abdominal examination.

matters needing attention

Tonsillar cancer patients should choose a light and nutritious liquid diet. Tonsillar cancer patients should not drink food with slag. Liquid food is suspicious of temperature, and cold food should not be overheated, because overheated diet can stimulate wound vasodilation, but also can not eat too much cold food, especially cold drink with slag. Although cold drink can help relieve pain, But too much can lead to intestinal discomfort and even diarrhea.