What are the symptoms of late spread of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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Uncle is a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. His condition has deteriorated recently and he is in danger. At this time, he often feels uncomfortable, as if he is in pain all over the body. The doctor said that the cancer cells have spread. Now let me tell you the symptoms of late spread of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

What are the symptoms of late spread of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

First, cancer cells with lymph node metastasis to the neck, forming a mass, neck painless mass is the most obvious symptom of lymph node metastasis. The mass first appeared on one side and enlarged rapidly, then involved the opposite side of neck. Because of the rapid growth of the tumor and the surrounding serious edema, the symptoms of increased intracranial pressure are more obvious, patients will have headache, malignant vomiting, drowsiness, fatigue, hemiplegia, hemiplegia, aphasia, ataxia, nystagmus and other clinical symptoms.

Second, the lung metastases of NPC are mostly located in the middle and outer zones of bilateral lung fields, and the chances of metastasis in the left and right lung are equal. The lesions were round with smooth margin. About 5% of the cases were solitary nodules, which should be differentiated from primary lung cancer. Lung metastases are often asymptomatic in the early stage. Pleural effusion is caused by tumor invasion. Patients will have cough, chest pain and shortness of breath.

Third: the most common sites of bone metastases are vertebrae, pelvis and ribs. When the tumor grows to a certain extent, it will compress or stimulate the sensory nerve endings, or cause bone destruction and pain. Bone pain was persistent and severe at night. With the formation of metastases, patients will show pathological fractures. If the metastases are in the spine, they will also cause limb weakness and paralysis. Some patients also show low fever and anemia.

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The late stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is very easy to spread. According to the different parts of cancer cell diffusion, the symptoms of patients often have certain differences. The above also makes some explanations on the entity situation, and suggests active treatment.