What to do if you have cheek pain after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer

Related to radiotherapy, if there is no ** breakage, it can generally recover on its own after a few months, and if the pain is severe, you can take general painkillers, such as indomethacin, ibuprofen, etc.

This site should not be metastasized, but is likely to be a side effect of radiotherapy, which is divided into acute and delayed types.

Although I am not a doctor, my friend also has such symptoms after nasopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy and electrotherapy, but there is no hard lump in the neck water, I heard the doctor say that this is a normal phenomenon, and I can only wait for it to disappear naturally. But I recommend that it is best to check your neck every day, keep track of your weight and keep up with your nutrition. If anything happens to your body, ask your doctor immediately.

This is an article I found on the Internet, I hope it can help you.

During head and neck radiotherapy, an important area for radiation therapy is the cervical lymph node drainage area, which is rich in lymphatic ducts. These lymphatic vessels are like sewers and are mainly responsible for the fluid in the tissues of the head, face, and neck. After radiotherapy, most of the lymphatic ducts in the neck are occluded, and the fluid return of the head and neck is impaired, which collects under the skin, resulting in edema.

However, as the body recovers, some lymphatic ducts will reopen, and some new lymphatic ducts will grow, so the edema will slowly subside over time.

In our experience, one to two months after radiotherapy, the patient begins to develop edema, which is most severe in three to six months, and basically subsides in six months to a year. Therefore, patients who have undergone radiotherapy to the head and neck do not need to be nervous if they develop edema** and do not need to be nervous.

There will be various sequelae of radiotherapy, depending on the patient's condition, prevention is relatively rare, but the severity of sequelae can be reduced through traditional Chinese medicine.

After being discharged from the hospital, nasopharyngeal cancer will cause mouth difficulties, dry mouth, facial numbness, mouth blistering, muscle contraction, dizziness, headache, dizziness, otitis, tinnitus, toothache, gingivitis, throat inflammation, swelling and pain, etc., among which difficulty in opening the mouth and dry mouth are the most difficult to heal.

1. Difficulty opening the mouth.

This is an acute reaction to the parotid gland and can occur after 1 or 2 radiotherapy sessions, with swelling, pain, limited mouth opening, and local tenderness in the soft tissue of the parotid gland area. This is due to local congestion and edema of the parotid gland after irradiation, and the parotid duct is blocked, making saliva stasis difficult to drain. (Insist on opening your mouth every day).

2. Dry mouth.

This is an acute reaction of the mucosa of the oral cavity and oropharynx, manifested as dry mouth and sore throat, local congestion, decay, ulcer, purulent pseudomembrane formation, sometimes dry mouth is quite stubborn, and the reconstruction of salivary glands will take several years for some people, if they do not pay attention to prevention and treatment, some will be accompanied by a lifetime. (Dry mouth can be relieved by eating saliva alcohol).

It is recommended to eat a reasonable diet, mainly with small and frequent meals, drink more water, which can relieve stomach discomfort, choose high-calorie, high-protein, high-fiber, and easy-to-digest foods according to your preferences, and avoid sweet, fried, and high-fat diets.

Get enough sleep, do what you can and do post-operative physical exercise. During chemotherapy, reduce going out, increase or decrease clothing in a timely manner, avoid colds, and eat when you can.

In the diet, you can eat more foods containing selenium, selenium has the effect of preventing cancer and anti-cancer in medicine, which is very helpful to the patient's body.

Selenium anti-cancer has two aspects, on the one hand, it can prevent normal cells from becoming cancer cells, and on the other hand, it can inhibit the growth of cancer cells or kill cancer.

The adjunctive role of selenium.

1) Reduce the risk of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

2) Reduce the drug resistance of cancer cells and improve the efficacy.

3) Inhibit cancer cell metastasis.

4) Combined with chemotherapy drugs, it can increase the rate of cancer.

Foods rich in selenium include: seafood, mushrooms, garlic, ginkgo, etc.

You can also try selenium supplements. For example, you can eat some selenium-supplementing products: Tihengjian Selenium Weikang Chewable Tablets, which are very helpful for cancer patients to recover after radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

For patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy: TCM anti-cancer series drugs have the effects of killing cancer cells, straightening, anti-cancer, detoxification, tumor reduction and pain relief, and eliminating fluid accumulation, so as to achieve both symptoms and root causes, eliminate the toxicity of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, (nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, fever and hair loss, leukopenia, etc.) to achieve the best effect of reducing toxicity and increasing efficiency. In general, after 10 to 15 days of medication, nausea and vomiting are relieved, appetite increases, and fever decreases.

After a course of medication, the patient's spirit improves, the self-conscious symptoms (dry cough, coughing up blood, chest tightness, chest pain, shortness of breath, pleural effusion, dyspnea) are relieved, hair loss is controlled or new hair grows, the white blood cell count is improved, the body's immune function is improved, and the patient's anti-cancer ability is enhanced. For postoperative cancer patients, the anti-cancer series drugs developed by oncologists in our hospital are used to prevent **, spread and remetastasis.

1.Pay attention to climate change, prevent colds, maintain nasal and throat hygiene, rinse your mouth several times a day, and rinse the nasopharyngeal cavity if necessary to avoid viral infection. 2.

Try to avoid harmful smoke inhalation, such as kerosene lamp gas, insecticidal aerosols, etc., Chinese medicine ** nasopharyngeal cancer Chinese medicine ** nasopharyngeal cancer methods of Chinese medicine, and actively quit smoking and drinking. 3.Nasopharyngeal diseases should be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible, such as nasal discharge with blood or vomiting bloody nasal discharge from the mouth after nasal suction, as well as unexplained cervical lymphadenopathy, middle ear effusion, etc., a detailed nasopharyngeal examination should be done in time, which is very important for the prevention of nasopharyngeal cancer.

4. It is necessary to pay attention to life conditioning and avoid physical overwork: such as heavy physical labor, staying up late, excessive physical exercise, etc., can make the internal environment of the body unbalanced, reduce resistance, and promote the occurrence and spread of nasopharyngeal cancer. If you want to improve the toxicity during chemotherapy and radiotherapy, I recommend taking a special product for tumors, such as Therapeutic Treasure.

It can improve the body's immunity and tolerance.

Hello: The following reactions may occur after radiotherapy:

Systemic reactions: including fatigue, dizziness, decreased stomach intake, nausea and vomiting, tastelessness in the mouth, loss of taste, insomnia or drowsiness. Individual patients may develop haemographic changes, particularly leukopenia.

Local reactions: include reactions of the salivary glands of the mucous membranes, which manifest as dry dermatitis or wet dermatitis. The mucosal reaction of anti-inflammatory ointment with 0 1 borneol talc powder or lanolin as a matrix can be applied topically, which is manifested as nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal mucosal congestion, edema, exudation and secretion accumulation.

Radiotherapy will have a lot of energy, and it is recommended to take traditional Chinese medicine such as life protection and cordyceps sinensis to increase efficiency and reduce toxicity.

After radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer, it is advisable to eat more light and easy-to-digest food, avoid eating pickled, fried, fried, and fried foods, eat more fresh fruits rich in vitamins, eat mainly steamed, stewed, and stewed, quit smoking and alcohol, and drink more than 2500ml of water per day, should not drink too hot or too cold water, the temperature of tea should be 40-60 degrees, and the water vapor can be inhaled by the nose in front of the water cup when boiling water, which can ensure the moistness of the nasal mucosa and reduce the dry and bleeding of the mucosa caused by radiation irradiation to the nasal mucosa.

Because the radiotherapy site is mainly in the head and neck, radiation will kill cancer cells and lose normal tissues and cells at the same time, so it will affect the facial nerves and muscles to some extent, which is a common side reaction. If you want to alleviate this symptom, you can try facial massage and take B vitamins, give the facial muscles a passive exercise and drugs to nourish the nerve cells, and further promote the relief of facial discomfort symptoms, which takes a while to be effective (clinical trials are generally about 3 months).