Laryngeal cancer and laryngitis are both common diseases, but there are some differences between these two diseases. Therefore, it is necessary for us to learn more about the common knowledge of laryngeal cancer and laryngitis, which can help us to prevent and detect the diseases. What is the way to confirm the diagnosis of laryngeal cancer?
1,What is the difference between laryngeal cancer and pharyngitis?
There is a big difference between laryngeal cancer and laryngitis, as laryngeal cancer is a kind of cancer and laryngitis is an inflammatory disease. The main treatment for laryngeal cancer is surgery and radiotherapy, while the main treatment for laryngitis is anti-inflammatory treatment.
The typical symptoms of laryngeal cancer are hoarseness and a foreign body sensation in the throat, pain and coughing, blood in the sputum and wheezing sounds. Some patients with laryngitis may experience dryness and congestion in the throat, but very few patients experience pain, so the two diseases can be better differentiated by their symptoms.
2,What is the diagnosis of laryngeal cancer?
To confirm the diagnosis of laryngeal cancer, one should go to the ear, nose and throat department of a regular hospital, or to the head and neck surgery department or oncology department of a regular medical institution. The doctor will then make a preliminary judgement on the laryngeal cancer patient through these examinations, which will clarify the further examination modalities of the laryngeal cancer patient and will be of great help in confirming the diagnosis of this disease.
Laryngoscopy includes direct laryngoscopy, indirect laryngoscopy and fibreoptic laryngoscopy, during which the doctor will discuss whether there are any lesions. Some patients with more complex laryngeal cancer need pathological examinations to confirm the diagnosis, which will clarify the disease status and the presence of metastases.
Both laryngeal cancer and laryngitis need to be treated promptly, otherwise the disease will progress and affect you more and more.
