Vigilance tonsil cancer

Speaking of tonsillitis, People are not unfamiliar, but tonsil cancer is easily overlooked. In fact, tonsil cancer is not uncommon, but in recent years a growing trend, should pay attention to. Tonsil cancer occur in the elderly, the incidence rate for men women 2-3 times. Local stimulate long-term inflammation caused this disease is the "chief culprit." If long-term smoking, alcoholism, smoking and harmful irritant gases, and so on, will bring tonsil mucosal congestion, edema, epithelial cell atrophy, degeneration and, based on this vulnerable to cancer. Early symptoms of the disease minor, the lack of clinical symptoms characteristic, and often only pharyngeal discomfort, foreign body sensation, throat tightness, and so, too often misdiagnosed as chronic tonsillitis, chronic pharyngitis or ulcers. With tumor growth or infiltration, clinical performance for swallowing difficulty breathing, bleeding, bad breath, tinnitus, earache, unilateral tonsillar swelling congestive quality hardware, such as with cervical lymphadenopathy. According to clinical data of statistics: middle-aged and elderly (especially alcoholic drinks and tobacco hobby) if long-term throat discomfort, sustained pharyngodynia, prolonged or anti-inflammatory treatment of symptoms increased potential tonsil cancer, diagnosis and treatment of patients with timely medical treatment. The disease currently dominated by surgical treatment.