Nasal polyp surgery is not painful as you should be under general anesthesia during the nasal polyp surgery.
You may have some congestion, discomfort or spotty nose bleeds for a few days after nasal polyp surgery.
You can use some saline washes for your nose to reduce discomfort.
You cannot and should not pull out a nasal polyp as it can cause injury and even infection.
A doctor or surgeon should be the only people who should remove a nasal polyp.
The only way to know if a nasal polyp is cancerous is to have it looked at and tested by a doctor.
Some nasal polyps are benign and may go away but some nasal polyps are cancerous and need to be removed by a doctor.
Using exams and tests, doctors can often tell benign polyps from cancer.
But in some cases, polyps need to be closely checked to be sure.
Polyps usually have a teardrop shape and a smooth surface
Polyps in your nose look like grayish grape shaped growths in your nasal cavity.
Polyps on a CT scan will appear as cloudy spots and older nasal polyps may have broken down some of the bone inside the sinuses.
Polyps in the nose are small growths like a small cyst which can block your nasal passages.
A nose tumor can feel like a lump inside the nose and it can cause symptoms such as a blocked nose, congestion, changes in your breathing or voice and reduced sense of smell.
Early symptoms of nasal tumors or nose tumors are similar to colds or sinus infections.
You can check for nasal polyps through tests such as a CT scan, MRI, allergy testing, Polyp biopsy or a Nasal endoscopy.
A CT scan can detect nasal cancer.
The CT scan is a very useful way to finding cancer in the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses and measures the size of the tumor and shows it the nasal cancer has grown into nearby tissues or spread to the lymph nodes in the neck.
Nasal cancer will usually feel like a persistent blocked nose that usually occurs on 1 side of the nose.
You may also have a decreased sense of smell or blood stained mucus that drains from the nose.
Nose cancer is removed through a surgical procedure called endoscopy which is performed by the surgeon inserting a small surgical tool through your nostrils.
The endoscopy surgery will be done while you're under general anesthesia.
The first signs of nose cancer are decreased sense of smell, mucus draining from your nose which can be blood stained, nosebleeds and a persistent blocked nose that usually only affects 1 side of the nose.
Nasal cancer or nose cancer is a fast growing cancer and is a pretty aggressive cancer although it's most often curable if caught and treated soon enough.
You may need chemo for nose cancer if the nose cancer has spread and cannot be removed through surgery.
The best treatment for nose cancer is surgery which is the first treatment for nose cancer and cancers of your nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses.
Radiation is used for larger cancers that cannot be removed through surgery and chemotherapy as well as radiation may also be used together.
Nasal cancer is usually painful in the later stages and can cause pain and numbness in the face as well as swollen glands in the neck, partial loss of vision or double vision.
Nasal cancer usually spreads to the thin bone at the base of your skull and also spread to the brain.
Nasal cancer tumors that arise in the ethmoid sinus between the eye sockets and your nose and nasal cavity tend to spread to an eye or the optic nerve.
You can get nose cancer at any age, although nose cancer is more common in ages between 45 to 85 years of age.
Even children can get nose cancer.
Nose cancer is aggressive and can grow pretty fast and spread to other parts of the body.
However if caught soon enough the nose cancer can in some cases be cured.
Nose cancer can be cured in most cases as long as it has not spread to other parts of the body or has advanced too far.
Most times nose cancer can be cured through surgery or chemotherapy.
Nose cancer looks like a thin and yellow area, reddish patch, clear bump or an open sore which does not heal.
The stages of nose cancer are stage 1: nose cancer where the cancer is limited to the inside of the sinus.
Stage 2 nose cancer where the nose cancer extends into the nasal cavity.
Stage 3 nose cancer where the nose cancer extends into the maxillary sinus or to the bone surrounding the eye.
Stage 4 nose cancer where the nose cancer has spread throughout the facial bones or into the base of the skull.
Nose cancer can spread to the brain and invade through the back wall and access the nerves and vessels at the base of your skull and move directly to the brain.
When nose cancer spreads to the brain it's in it's more advanced stage and is harder to treat.
Nose cancer is very aggressive and spreads rapidly.
With nose cancer you can live for 2 to 5 years depending on how far progressed the nasal cancer is.
80 percent of people diagnosed with nasal cancer live for 5 years and sometimes longer.
Nose cancer is fatal if not treated and even with treatment nose cancer can still be fatal.
If the nose cancer has spread to nearby tissues and organs or to regional lymph nodes then it can be harder to treat and the 5 year relative survival rate is 52 percent.
And if the nose cancer is located only in your nasal cavity or paranasal sinus the 5 year relative survival rate is 86 percent.
Sinus cancer can affect your eyes as the nasal cavity is close to the eyes and the nerves that leave are at the bottom part of the brain and your mouth.
When the sinus cancer is in those areas it can spread and cause pain and pressure in these structures which can affect your vision and ability to open the mouth.
People who are at risk for nasal cancer or nose cancer are people working around chemicals and people who smoke and those who are between the ages of 45 to 85 years of age.
People who are most likely to get nasal cancer are people between the ages of 45 to 85 years of age and people who smoke or those around chemicals or smoke such as smoking.
Nose cancer occurs at the ages of 45 to 85 years of age although anyone of any age can get nose cancer.
The risk of nose cancer increases with age.
Sinus cancer is treated through use of chemotherapy and even surgery in some cases.
Sinus cancer can sometimes make you tired although most commonly the sinus cancer chemotherapy treatments are what causes the tiredness and fatigue as side effects of chemotherapy.
Sinus cancer and nose cancer is a fast growing type of cancer that is a very aggressive but rare form of cancer.
Sinus cancer and nose cancer spreads very quickly to other parts of the body including the lungs and the liver.
You can get nose cancer through smoking and exposures to inhaled substances.
Common causes of nose cancer include prolonged exposure to certain substances through your work, including wood dust, leather dust, nickel, chromium and formaldehyde. smoking – the more you smoke, the higher your risk of developing several types of cancer, including nasal and sinus cancer.
Squamous cell carcinoma on the nose will look like thick, rough and scaly patches which can crust or bleed and they can also resemble warts or open sores that don't heal completely.
Basal cell cancer on the nose will look like a thin and yellow area, a reddish patch, clear bump or open sore that doesn't heal.
Basal cell carcinoma is a slow growing cancer and is most often very treatable through surgery.
Pre cancer on the nose will look like bleeding or crustiness and be a size of less than one inch in diameter.
With pre cancer on the nose you will also notice discoloration that often appears brown, gray, pink, yellow, red or white and may be slightly raised or flat.
Nose cancer is sometimes painful although not always and especially in the beginning stages of nose cancer.