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What Causes Breathing Difficulty After Radiation Therapy For Voice Box Cancer?
My mom is 80 years of age and is 42kg now. she was diagnosed with voice box cancer 6 months ago. she did 20 times of radiation and completed end of march 2011. She has been recovering. 3 weeks ago she started to have breathing difficulties, earache and cannot swallow. dr did a scope and found her throat is inflamed and have white patches at the cartilage. he gave antibiotics and painkillers for ten days. she is breathing thru stoma since february 2011. Is the cancer still present in her throat?
Tue, 11 Aug 2015
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your mother's situation and problem.
Vocal cord cancer is curable only in early stage where enblock resection is done.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy suppress the growth of tumour cells but they can not cure the cancer.
So she is still having the cancer.
And possibility of worsening of growth is more in her case.
Growth causes obstruction in the lumen, so patient feels difficulty in swallowing, breathing difficulty etc.
White thing might be due to fungal infection. So she may need antifungal drugs and repeat cycles chemotherapy.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.
I can understand your mother's situation and problem.
Vocal cord cancer is curable only in early stage where enblock resection is done.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy suppress the growth of tumour cells but they can not cure the cancer.
So she is still having the cancer.
And possibility of worsening of growth is more in her case.
Growth causes obstruction in the lumen, so patient feels difficulty in swallowing, breathing difficulty etc.
White thing might be due to fungal infection. So she may need antifungal drugs and repeat cycles chemotherapy.
Hope I have solved your query.
Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.
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