What are the symptoms???

I would really like some in put to this cancer,,, I have suffered from Epstein Bar  Virus for at least 3 years,, i just found out that this EBV can cause cancer 1. being Lymphatic 2. Nasal pharyngeal cancer.

Here is the problem i suffer from symptoms of both. Lymphatic has been ruled out [by me] because i have weight gain not LOSS

with the Nasal Pharyngeal ,,, i went for a MRI for my spine and they found [mucoperiosteal thickening of the bilateral maxillary sinuses. a polyp or retention cyst within the right maxillary sinus. and a small polyp or retention cyst in the right sphenoid sinus,, Impression: Inflammatory sinus disease.

I went to my ENT doctor who said i didnt need a operation to remove this polyp if i didnt want it,, he told me the risks were blindness, and brain damage, so i chose to not have it.

NOW i have constant iching in my ears both, ringing some times.

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS FOR THIS PHARYNGEAL CANCER.  all i have is trouble breathing,, [i have asthma]

frequent headaches for at least 3 years

sharp pain in my ears infrequently

now i have trouble hearing, or at least my son says i should have my hearing check.

Help me.

I am still waiting to see my doctor. and the wait is killing me.

any advice would be very helpful, i need to know how other sufferers found out they had this type of cance.

thank you

Claudia

my husband was diagnosed with NPC (nasopharynx cancer) and SCC (squamous cell carcinoma)-nasopharyngeal carcinoma for short on 8-31-09.

the bad thing about this type of cancer is that by the time doctors are able to detect it, it is in the latest stages. my hubby is stage 4.

he too, lost his hearing in the left ear. went to ENT, they didnt find cancer, gave him meds to drain ear.

he developed a lump under his left ear, that started getting bigger and bigger, then painful. he was getting frequent headaches. he had a biopsy done of this lump (neoplasm), that came back cancerous.

it took them several weeks to pinpoint his primary cancer, this cancer is extremely rare in the U.S. but common in Asia...go figure!

the symptoms can all be explained away for minor illnesses.

headaches, earpain or loss, sore throat, lumps in the lymph glands, weight loss, sinus drainage, fatigue, stiff neck are just a few.

my hubby has just finished his 3rd round of chemo, now radiation/chemo is next-7 weeks.

i hope this helps. find urself a GOOD ENT, if u have a lump-insist on a biopsy. the sooner u get diagnosed, the better the survival rate.

i will be praying for u.

teresa