Diseases

Nasopharyngeal Cancer

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Nasopharyngeal cancer is a rare type of head and neck cancer. It starts in the upper part of your throat, behind the nose. This area is called thenasopharynx. The nasopharynx is precariously placed at the base of your skull, above the roof of your mouth. Your nostrils open into thenasopharynx.

SYMPTOMS

A lump in your neck caused by a swollen lymph node, blood in your saliva, bloody discharge from your nose, nasal congestion, hearing loss, frequent ear infections, headaches.

CAUSES

The cancer has been strongly linked to the epstein-barr virus (ebv). Although ebv infection is common, not everyone who has ebv will get nasopharyngeal cancer. Along with unhealthy life style.