Cancer of the larynx

Definition

Nursing management

Causes

Clinical manifestations

Diagnostic tests

Treatment

Is a type of a disease in which malignant cells form in the tissues of the larynx/voice box.

Ear pain

Difficulty in swallowing

Persistant sore throat

CT scan

Biopsy

Endoscopy

Alcohol consumption

Smoking tobacco

Nebulization

Administration of Oxygen therapy

Sit the patient in fowlers position to facilitate breathing.

Radiation

Chemotherapy

Surgery

Neck resection

Partial laryngectomy

Total laryngectomy

Unhealthu diet

Risk factors

Human papillomavirus

Low immunity

Poor nutrition

Pathophysiology

Uncontrollable growth of cells that invade and cause damage to the throat.

Prevention

Avoid smoking

Avoid alcohol consumption

Stay away for radiation rays

Staging

Stage 0

Stage 1

Stage 3

Stage 2

Stage 4

Carcinoma insitu

Tumor confined to the vocal cords and they can move normally.

Tumor has spread to the supraglottis and subglottis.

Tumor has caused the vocal cords to stop moving.

Tumor has grown through the thyroid cartilage and spread to tissues beyond the larynx.(advanved stage)