After many small children develop symptoms such as swollen lymph nodes in the neck or behind the ear, nose bleeding or blurred vision, as well as double vision and hearing loss, most of them repeatedly consult ENT or ophthalmology etc. Due to the lack of timely imaging examinations such as MRI, they are easily misdiagnosed as lymph node tuberculosis, chronic rhinitis, sinusitis or nerve paralysis. After prolonged treatment, most patients arrive at the oncology hospital with middle and late stage of the disease and with eye fixation, skull base bone destruction, and in serious cases, systemic metastasis may occur. More importantly, misdiagnosis seriously affects the prognosis and survival of children, and anti-tuberculosis medication is contrary to tumor treatment. Therefore, parents are reminded that after a certain period of anti-inflammatory treatment is not effective, it is better to go to a specialized hospital for tumor screening. So, what examinations should be done in hospital for nasopharyngeal cancer patients and how to prevent it in daily life?
Examination items of nasopharyngeal cancer 1.After the nasal mucosa is converged, the posterior nostril and nasopharynx can be peered through the anterior nasoscope, which can detect the cancer invading or adjacent to the nostril.
2.Indirect nasopharyngoscopy is a simple and practical method. All walls of nasopharynx should be examined in turn, paying attention to the posterior wall of nasopharyngeal apex and the pharyngeal fossa on both sides, and the corresponding parts on both sides should be observed in comparison.
3.Fiber nasopharyngoscopy can be performed with 1% ephedrine solution to astringent nasal mucosa to expand the nasal passage. Then use 1% dicaine solution to surface anesthetize the nasal passage, and then insert the fiberscope from the nasal cavity, observe on one side, and advance forward until the nasopharyngeal cavity. This method is simple and the mirror is well fixed, but the observation of the posterior nostril and the anterior parietal wall is not satisfactory.
4.Cervical biopsy can be performed for cases in which nasopharyngeal biopsy has failed to confirm the diagnosis. Generally, it can be performed under local anesthesia, and the earliest hard and solid lymph nodes should be selected for excision with the whole envelope. If it is difficult to remove the biopsy, a wedge-shaped biopsy can be made at the mass, and the tissue must be cut to a certain depth and not squeezed. After the operation, the field should not be sutured too tightly and too closely.
Nasopharyngeal cancer prevention: nasopharyngeal cancer diet “gold standard” 1. Prohibit smoking, alcohol, spicy, fried and barbecued food. Hot and spicy foods are easy to help heat and hurt fluid, so it is less important to eat them.
2.No pickled food, especially Cantonese style pickled fish.
3, during radiotherapy food should be soft, avoid hard, rough, too hot things, so as not to damage the mucosa of the mouth and pharynx burned by radiotherapy rays.
4.The dry mouth and throat caused by radiotherapy should be moistened by the principle of diet, such as tea water, lemon water, fruit juice, glucose liquid, watermelon juice, orange juice, umeboshi soup, mung bean soup, pear juice, orange juice, etc. More food such as wolfberry, dendrobium, maitake, chrysanthemum, rutabaga, sweet almond, red date, water chestnut, white radish, pear, hawthorn and citrus can be consumed.
5, the immune function is reduced, can be appropriate to use Ganoderma lucidum, black fungus, silver fungus, shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms and other mushroom food, can also eat more seaweed, purple cabbage, lean meat, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as legumes.