Throat Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

What is the larynx?

The larynx is a member of the human body. It is located at the front of the neck and is about 5 cm wide and about 5 cm wide. Located between the pharynx from the top and the trachea from the bottom and is in front of the beginning of the esophagus. Is made up of cartilage and muscle called Adam's apple and muscles inside covered with mucous membrane of the muscles, two white lines are vocal cords.

The throat is divided into three sections:

 1 - area of ​​vocal cords
 2 - above the area of ​​vocal cords connected to pharynx
 3 - under the area of ​​vocal cords connected to the trachea

Throat Function :

 It plays an important role in speech, breathing, coughing and swallowing. It is the safe guard where food and water are prevented from entering the trachea by closing the throat door while swallowing and opening it while breathing and talking.

What is cancer?

Cancer is the building of new cells in a certain area of ​​the human body without a goal to play and this proliferation does not stop and reaches a stage that starts to harm the healthy tissues, usually these cells die, but in the beginnings of cancer cells do not die and begin to take the place of healthy tissue and destroy it and start cancer.

• Benign tumors rarely affect human life causing death and are usually easily removed and the member returns to his former nature with very little effect. 

• Malignant tumors are usually serious and affect human life and can be removed and treated if detected in the early stages and recovery rate may reach 95% either if left and discovered in the last stages, the recovery rate is few and may need to remove the throat and sometimes part of the neck muscles. 

Who Has Cancer Of The Throat :

No one knows what the cause of cancer. Doctors can not explain a person's cancer and another non-contagious disease. But there are factors that have helped study and statistics and these factors increase the incidence of cancer:
1. Age: Usually over 55 years
2. Sex: Four times more in males than women.
3. Smoking: The incidence of smoking in smokers is much higher than in non-smokers, and more so in smokers who drink alcohol, as well as lung cancer, pharynx, tongue, pancreas and urinary bladder.
4. Alcohol: The higher the amount of drink the higher the rate of cancer.
5 - the occurrence of cancer in the vicinity
6 - Work: with sulfuric acid and oleinic

This includes:

1 - A swell or change in sound
2 - Tumor in the neck
3 - A feeling of something strange in the throat or a tip that does not swallow
4 - Cough not treated or diluted with medication
5 - A sense of suffocation, especially at night
6 - The smell of foul mouth
7 - Authorization
8 - Sudden weight loss without the work of dieting and unjustified because of the last of these symptoms are not only for throat cancer, but for several other serious diseases only the doctor can distinguish it.

Diagnosis :

Diagnosis has become much easier with the introduction of diagnostic tools With the presence of endoscopy of the throat and upper respiratory system, the doctor can give a very accurate diagnosis of the patient without the patient entering a hospital, but may need the patient's hospital if the doctor believes it is necessary to take a sample under the general anesthesia to determine the quality of the tumor.
CT scans may be required by the doctor to indicate the extent of the tumor and its size.
Blood tests to indicate the patient's general health status after two days of hospitalization.
The result of the sample is determined and whether it is safe, God willing, or the patient needs to move to the next stage.

• How long does the procedure take?

• How long does it take if cancer appears?

• What are the treatment options?

• Are there options for treatment?

• Are there other tests?

These questions should be asked. It is a sample of the questions that the doctor usually has when a patient has a throat cancer.

Treatment :

The patients themselves should have the right to delay. The decision to treat the patient is a part of it. Therefore, the patient should know the patient and not the parents (unless there is a mental reason) for all the details of the treatment, its risks, duration, pain, problems and results. Therefore, the patient should do the following:

1. Prepare a list of written doctor's questions.

2. Registration of the meeting that allowed the doctor to do so.
3. The presence of one or more members of the family, especially from the medical field if found.
4. Giving the final decision is much better after taking another medical opinion .

Methods Of Treatment :

Laryngeal cancer is one of the best cancers for recovery. It may sometimes be 95%. If the patient was first seen, the procedure was performed quickly and the patient followed it with care and perseverance and may be less than that depending on the condition, size, type, location and prevalence.

We hope that patients will be careful about themselves and that people do not neglect the symptoms of the disease and to review those who trust them from doctors to show a clear diagnosis of the symptoms of their disease.