(Otology Dr. Zhao headline Q&A 2017-09-11) Nasopharyngeal cancer incidence has significant regional, the highest incidence rate in the world is in Asia, the highest incidence rate in Asia is in China, China's nasopharyngeal cancer patients are mainly in the south, concentrated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian and other provinces, the incidence rate in these regions is a hundred times that of the European region.

All cancers are the result of gene deterioration of normal cells into cancer cells under the action of external factors. Among the intrinsic factors of nasopharyngeal cancer it has been found that nasopharyngeal cancer in the southern region has a family genetic factor, and a study in Sihui City, Guangdong Province, has found that in the new-onset57In the family line of a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma pre-diagnosis, the22There was a family history of cancer in38.6%. Among them13Nasopharyngeal carcinoma was found in the same family lines, accounting for22.81%.. The clearest of the external factors for nasopharyngeal cancer are andEBVirus is related, in addition, in the drinking water of nasopharyngeal cancer high incidence areas, it contains a large amount of trace elements such as nickel and cadmium, etc. In the hair of nasopharyngeal cancer patients, the content of nickel is found to be higher than that of the healthy people, and nickel can promote nitrite to induce cancer. In addition the level of nitrosamine in food is also related to the development of nasopharyngeal cancer. Among all the recognized factors for the development of nasopharyngeal cancer, there is no such thing as rhinitis.

In terms of incidence rate, nasopharyngeal cancer has the highest incidence rate in China of50/10Rhinitis is a very generalized term for the disease mechanism. As for the mechanism of the disease rhinitis is just a very generalized name, broadly speaking, all the inflammatory reactions of the nasal cavity (including the common cold) are within the scope of rhinitis, and narrowly speaking rhinitis generally refers to chronic rhinitis with prolonged symptoms. Either way, there is no clear information about a link to nasopharyngeal cancer.

what is called"Rhinitis causes nasopharyngeal cancer" is mainly found in the advertisements of some organizations to promote their rhinitis treatment instruments or medications, and not in the official ENT professional information.

Nasopharyngeal cancer is a kind of common tumor, the incidence of malignant tumor in the head takes the first place, and it is usually more common in men. The main symptoms are nasal congestion and runny nose, headache, dizziness, and the phenomenon of blood in the nasal mucus. Rhinitis is more common in life, rhinitis long-term recurrence of daily nasal congestion, nosebleed, runny nose and other symptoms, suffering from rhinitis will cause some trouble to life, but there is no great damage to the health of many people may ignore the treatment, so will rhinitis lead to nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. At present, the main cause of nasopharyngeal cancer is not certain, it is mainly due to genetic reasons, but also a batch of viral infections, or eating too much pickled food, smoking and other environmental factors have a certain relationship, but also with the climate, dietary habits have a certain impact.

2、Because chronic rhinitis is often untreated, the stimulation of inflammation, some things lead to the emergence of nasopharyngeal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer rate will be higher, easy to lead to nasal congestion and runny nose, nasal cavity part of the bleeding, because nasopharyngeal cancer and rhinitis symptoms are very much the same, so it is easy to lead to neglect.

3、Some nasopharyngeal cancers come from benign lesions, because of prolonged cold, or because of the inflammatory stimulation in the nose that leads to the emergence of polyps and so on for a long time may lead to the risk of malignant tumors, and this can't be determined if there is no professional test examination. If you have nasal congestion, runny nose, tinnitus, hearing loss and so on, then this is likely to be an early symptom of nasopharyngeal cancer, and it is necessary to go to the hospital for timely ct and other examinations. It is necessary to go to the hospital to do ct and other tests in time.

In short, rhinitis long delayed, will cause numerous complications and even tumors, so be sure to cure the disease in the previous stage. When there is rhinitis nasal congestion, runny nose, blood in the nose is to go to the hospital to do ct and other checks, to do early detection and early treatment, but also pay attention to diet, do not eat high nitrite food, such as cured meat, pickles, as little as possible to smoke, to avoid exposure to radioactive substances, while running more, more exercise, more fruits and vegetables, to enhance the physical fitness can reduce the incidence of the disease.

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Before answering this question, first of all, we should know the causes of nasopharyngeal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer has obvious family gathering phenomenon, that is to say, a lot of families have a history of nasopharyngeal cancer; nasopharyngeal cancer has obvious racial susceptibility, nasopharyngeal cancer is mainly seen in the yellow race, and seldom seen in the white race; geographic concentration, nasopharyngeal cancer is mainly found in the five southern provinces of our country, that is to say, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian, and part of Jiangxi etc., especially in the two regions. According to the research, most cancers are related to gene mutation or heterozygous deletion of chromosome, so nasopharyngeal cancer should be related to susceptible genes; nasopharyngeal cancer is related to ebVirus infection, and the environment and living habits are also one of the indispensable causes of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Rhinitis is a very common disease and there are many types of rhinitis due to the many causes of rhinitis, such as infectious rhinitis, dry rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, vasomotor rhinitis, eosinophilic rhinitis and drug rhinitis. A cold is acute rhinitis, it is the acute phase of infectious rhinitis, and all of us should have had a cold. White people, like us, are subject to rhinitis, due to climatic reasons, northerners have more rhinitis than southerners, white people rarely have nasopharyngeal cancer, and the incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer in northerners is also very low.

To summarize the above! There is no direct causal relationship between rhinitis and nasopharyngeal cancer, and there is no such thing as rhinitis as a cause of nasopharyngeal cancer, and the connection between them is a little far-fetched. There are many nasopharyngeal cancer patients who usually have no chronic inflammation of nasal cavity and only found out through physical examination. There are many nasopharyngeal cancer patients who do not have nasal symptoms in the early stage, and when patients have nasal symptoms, nasopharyngeal cancer has already developed more.

When we go to outpatient clinics, there are always patients who ask: Doctor, I have had rhinitis for a long time, will it turn into nasopharyngeal cancer? Due to the lack of medical knowledge, many patients with rhinitis worry that their rhinitis will lead to nasopharyngeal cancer. In fact, rhinitis is not one of the causes of nasopharyngeal cancer, and they are two different diseases with no direct relationship with each other.

Rhinitis, including acute rhinitis and chronic rhinitis. Acute rhinitis mainly refers to acute inflammation of the nasal mucosa or submucosa. If the inflammation lasts for more than a few months or the inflammation is recurrent, and the attack is accompanied by different degrees of nasal congestion, increased secretion, swelling or thickening of the nasal mucosa and other dysfunctions, it is called chronic rhinitis. It is often characterized by symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor that originates from nasopharyngeal mucosa being compounded epithelium, and it is also one of the malignant tumors with high incidence in China, and it is also commonly known as the two Guangzhou cancers, because from the point of view of epidemiological data, it is more frequent in Guangdong and Guangxi of China. The main manifestations are blood in retracted snot, nasal congestion, tinnitus, stuffy feeling in the ears, hearing loss, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, migraine, vision loss and choking back from eating.

The main causative factors for the development of nasopharyngeal cancer are:

1. Genetic factors:The patients of this disease have family and race gathering imagination, nasopharyngeal cancer mostly occurs in yellow race, white race is less common. There is information investigation that 5 out of 9 people in a family of three generations in Guangzhou suffered from nasopharyngeal cancer, and a pair of twins in Hunan suffered from nasopharyngeal cancer successively, so if there are this kind of disease in the family, attention should be paid to the physical examination.

2. Viral infections:It mainly refers to the new human herpes virus, which is included in the free screening for nasopharyngeal cancer promoted by the State. However, a positive test does not necessarily mean nasopharyngeal cancer, but only indicates a high risk group for nasopharyngeal cancer.

3. Environmental factors:Pickled foods contain large amounts of nitrites and many of their compounds, and long-term consumption of pickled foods, vitamin deficiencies, and sex hormone imbalances can increase the incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Above are the causative factors of nasopharyngeal cancer, it can be seen that rhinitis is not a causative factor of nasopharyngeal cancer, and rhinitis will not induce nasopharyngeal cancer. However, rhinitis will cause orbital and intracranial complications, purulent otitis media, chronic pharyngitis and so on if it is not standardized treatment for a long time. Therefore, patients with rhinitis should treat it correctly and actively standardize the treatment.

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With the increasing pressure of life, accelerated pace of work, and continued poor air environment, the number of rhinitis patients is increasing year by year and showing a trend of youthfulness. Rhinitis triggers nasal congestion, headache, and mental depression, which will seriously affect the efficiency of work and study, and is recurrent and difficult to be cured. With the sudden death of famous host Li Yong due to nasopharyngeal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer has attracted widespread attention, so will rhinitis develop into nasopharyngeal cancer?

Rhinitis has developed into a common and frequent disease, it has many aspects of damage to the nasal mucosa, and rhinitis aggravation or prolonged treatment is likely to significantly affect the internal structure of the nose, destroying the local immunity of the nasal cavity and resistance to disease, it is very easy to invade the nose with pathogenic bacteria or viruses, and may even lead to nasopharyngeal cancer.

Rhinitis mainly refers to inflammation of the nasal mucosa or submucosal tissues, often presenting symptoms such as nasal congestion, itchy nose, cough, throat discomfort, etc., from the degree of urgency of the onset of acute rhinitis and chronic rhinitis; from the pathophysiological point of view, rhinitis is divided into a variety of subtypes, including: chronic rhinitis (simplex, hypertrophic), atrophic rhinitis, caseous rhinitis, and so on; in addition, there are also allergic rhinitis, medication rhinitis, and so on.

Nasopharyngeal cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the highest incidence rate in the head and neck. Some research statistics show that 80% of the global nasopharyngeal cancer patients are in China, and about 90% of them are caused by untreated rhinitis and further deterioration. Early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer include blood in the nose, nasal congestion, hearing loss, headache, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, etc., which are similar to the symptoms of rhinitis.

In conclusion, rhinitis has the possibility of developing into nasopharyngeal cancer, and the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer are similar to those of rhinitis, so rhinitis should be taken seriously and treated as soon as possible to prevent further development.

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Rhinitis and nasopharyngeal cancer? No relation. This is mainly due to the fact that many people simply do not understand where nasopharyngeal cancer is a cancer that occurs, and when they see the word "nose", they associate the two together as a matter of course. As a matter of fact, rhinitis and nasopharyngeal cancer are two diseases that occur in different areas. Rhinitis mainly occurs in the nasal cavity, nasopharynx is the pharynx, and the pharynx is divided into nasopharynx, oropharynx and laryngopharynx. The pharynx is divided into nasopharynx, oropharynx, and laryngopharynx. How are these different organ parts brought together? If you say, will rhinitis cause nasal cancer? That's pretty much the question to ask.

The development of nasopharyngeal cancer is mainly related to the following factors: genetic susceptibility, the development of nasopharyngeal cancer has racial specificity and family aggregation phenomenon, EBV infection is also closely related to the development of nasopharyngeal cancer, as early as 1997, the Cancer Institute under the World Health Organization has classified EBV infection as a carcinogen of class I. Environmental factors are also closely related to the development of nasopharyngeal cancer, such as salted fish and pickles, smoking, occupational smoke, formaldehyde occupational exposure. Environmental factors are also related to the development of nasopharyngeal cancer, such as salted fish and pickles, smoking, occupational smoke, formaldehyde occupational exposure and so on.

The causes of nasal cancer are not very clear. Epidemiological investigations have found that workers engaged in wood processing have an increased risk of nasal cancer when they are exposed to fine wood dust for a long period of time; long-term exposure to nickel, chromium, radium, radioactivity, textile fibers, etc., and EBV infection. As for whether rhinitis induces nasal cancer, there is no evidence, do not worry about this, rhinitis is actually very common, we usually say that the common cold is actually a kind of acute rhinitis.

Rhinitis is a chronic disease, there is no effective medicine to cure rhinitis, only to control and relieve the symptoms. There are many factors that cause rhinitis. For example, bacterial or viral invasion, genetic factors, allergens such as pollen or dust mites, or easy irritation of the nasal mucosa can cause rhinitis. Some people may wonder, can rhinitis develop into nasopharyngeal cancer?

Long-term untreated rhinitis will not lead to nasopharyngeal cancer, and rhinitis is not the direct cause of nasopharyngeal cancer. At present, it is believed that nasopharyngeal cancer is related to heredity, virus and environmental factors, etc. However, the early symptoms of nasopharyngeal cancer may be similar to chronic rhinitis such as bloody nasal discharge, nasal congestion and tinnitus, which are easy to be confused.

People with rhinitis are advised to go for regular screening for nasopharyngeal cancer, do not underestimate the problem and do not treat nasopharyngeal cancer as rhinitis and miss the best time for treatment. People with family history of nasopharyngeal cancer are recommended to go for regular screening, this group is also a high-risk group, in addition, EBV carriers should also go for regular screening.

Start with prevention, pay attention to diet, eat less food with high nitrite content, such as pickled food, eat more vegetables and fruits, less smoking and drinking, and usually more exercise to enhance physical fitness.

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Specialties: treatment of rhinitis, sinusitis and nasal septum diseases; minimally invasive laryngeal surgery under supported laryngoscopy to treat benign lesions of the larynx and vocal cords.

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Hello, I am Dr. Wang from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with more than thirty years of diagnostic experience in rhinitis rehabilitation and prevention.

Most nasal cancers occur on the basis of chronic inflammation; therefore, the symptoms it presents in the early stages are similar to those of rhinitis or sinusitis, such as nasal congestion, runny nose, wrong head or head swelling. Long-term chronic rhinitis has a potential risk of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Rhinitis is a common nasal disease in daily life, which has a great impact on people's lives. Rhinitis can be triggered by things that people often come into contact with in their daily lives, such as automobile exhaust fumes, cosmetics, decorative materials and food additives. The number of people suffering from rhinitis is increasing, and the age tends to be younger, the harm to the human body can not be ignored, rhinitis must be treated in time, do not let rhinitis develop into a major disease. It is recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine to carry out the treatment. But the treatment is also need to pay attention to the method!

Different rhinitis can be treated in different ways. Although rhinitis may seem to behave in much the same way, if you want to cure rhinitis at all, it is a prerequisite that you have to"Treating the symptoms and the dialectic."！

【Common herbal modifications are】10-20 grams of cinchona and 2 eggs.

[Functions and Indications] Detoxifying, clearing the nasal passage, nourishing Yin.

[Usage and dosage] Use catkin flowers, eggs with the right amount of water to cook with, after the eggs are cooked, remove the shell and cook for a few moments. Drink soup and eat eggs. Take it once a day for 1 week.

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Among head and neck tumors, nasopharyngeal carcinoma is more common, and its incidence rate is higher in the southern region of China, especially in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, so some people call nasopharyngeal carcinoma as "Guangdong cancer". Epidemiological survey shows that the incidence rate of nasopharyngeal cancer is the highest in Guangdong, so many people will worry: will chronic rhinitis develop into nasopharyngeal cancer?

① EBV infection:There is a strong correlation between EBV infection and the development of nasopharyngeal cancer, and the vast majority of nasopharyngeal cancer patients are positive for EBV infection. Therefore, when we do the screening of nasopharyngeal cancer, we will ask to do the test of EBV. Of course, EBV infection does not necessarily mean that one has nasopharyngeal cancer, and positive EBV infection only indicates that there is a high probability of developing nasopharyngeal cancer. In our daily life, if EBV infection is found during physical examination, we should intervene in time to prevent nasopharyngeal cancer.

The population of rhinitis is very large and many children today have allergic rhinitis. Air quality problems are one of the reasons why many of us have rhinitis. Chronic hepatitis can develop into liver cancer, chronic atrophic gastritis is related to stomach cancer, and some people with chronic rhinitis are worried about whether rhinitis will develop into nasopharyngeal cancer.

The answer is no, nasopharyngeal cancer is not related to rhinitis. Nasopharyngeal cancer is a malignant tumor originated from the mucous membrane of nasopharynx covered with epithelium, and it is one of the malignant tumors with high incidence in China, which is commonly known as the cancer of Guangdong and Guangxi. It is more common in Guangdong and Guangxi, followed by Fujian, Hunan and Jiangxi, which are also the high incidence areas of nasopharyngeal cancer in the world. The incidence rate of males is 2-3 times of that of females, and it is mostly seen in the age of 40-50 years old. The main causes of nasopharyngeal cancer include: 1. Genetic factors Nasopharyngeal cancer patients have family and racial aggregation imagination, nasopharyngeal cancer is mostly found in yellow race, and if there are more than one nasopharyngeal cancer patients in the family, the incidence rate of nasopharyngeal cancer is higher than that of other people. 2. EBV infection EBV is also known as the new type of human herpesvirus, and nasopharyngeal cancer patients have a high titer of antibody against EBV, and the level of antibody changes with the change of the disease. EBV test can be used as an indicator for screening, about 80% of nasopharyngeal cancer patients have positive EBV test.3. Environmental factors Residents of high prevalence areas are addicted to local salted fish, cured meat and pickled vegetables, which have high nitrite content and contain a certain amount of nitrosamine and its various compounds. There is a trace element nickel in water and rice, which is related to the development of nasopharyngeal cancer.

It can be seen that nasopharyngeal cancer is not caused by rhinitis, rhinitis is not a pre-cancerous disease or pre-cancerous lesion, so far, there is no research in the medical field showing that rhinitis will lead to nasopharyngeal cancer. However, chronic rhinosinusitis can be cancerous under the stimulation of long-term inflammation, and sinus cancer can occur, and maxillary sinus cancer is the most common among sinus cancers. Patients with long-term nasal congestion and increased nasal secretion should actively go to ENT department to check whether there is inflammation of maxillary sinus. For chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps patients over 40 years old, if the nasal congestion worsens and there is bloody and pus nasal mucus, we should do pathological examination as early as possible, and attach great importance to the possibility of malignant tumor of sinus.