Dietary considerations after surgery for descending colon cancer

The daily diet after surgery for descending colon cancer must be taken seriously by everyone, because at this time, the patient's body is in the weakest state, and it is easy to have complications, which will bring new pain to the patient. The postoperative diet for colon cancer can improve the patient's own immunity, regulate the patient's immune function, and speed up the patient's recovery. Let's learn about what to pay attention to in the postoperative diet for descending colon cancer.

1. Reduce the intake of fat in the diet: The relationship between diet and cancer is most studied in terms of fat, including saturated fat and unsaturated fat. The fat in the diet can promote the growth of cancer cells and can also cause normal cells to mutate early and evolve into tumors. Whether it is animal fat or vegetable fat, try to reduce it as much as possible. Excessive fat, especially animal fat, can stimulate the secretion of bile acid in the small intestine. When the amount of bile acid in the intestine is too high, it can easily become a carcinogen and promote the growth of cancer cells. It can be seen that a high-fat diet is closely related to the occurrence of rectal cancer.

2. After colon cancer surgery, the diet should be comprehensive and have good color, aroma, taste and shape. However, no matter what kind of food or what cooking method is used, the food must be cooked to a relatively soft degree to be easily digested and absorbed. Do not restrict too much on "irritating foods" or "taboo foods" and do not restrict the diet too much, so as to avoid nutritional imbalance and adverse effects on recovery. Change the diet and cooking methods frequently. A new food can often promote appetite. For example, patients who often eat pork can switch to fish, shrimp, crab, chicken, etc. If conditions permit, they can eat some turtles and soft-shelled turtles.

3. Avoid consuming irritating foods as much as possible after colon cancer surgery: Patients after colon cancer surgery should avoid consuming hot, cold, spicy, acidic and other irritating foods to avoid irritating the intestines, causing various discomfort symptoms, or leading to postoperative complications, which is not conducive to recovery and treatment of colon cancer.

4. What should be paid attention to in the diet after colon cancer surgery? Patients with abdominal distension and abdominal pain should chew slowly and eat small and frequent meals. Patients with combined constipation should increase their water intake and pay attention to the intake of foods rich in fiber, such as green vegetables, fruits, grains, potatoes and beans. Patients with combined diarrhea should adjust their diet according to the different stages of symptoms.

In addition, colon cancer patients should get more sun exposure after surgery to promote the synthesis of vitamins in the body. Chemotherapy drugs can easily cause colon cancer patients to have insufficient vitamin intake. Although some vitamins and trace elements can be taken from the diet, if they do not get enough sun exposure, the vitamins taken by the body cannot be synthesized, which can easily cause complications such as bleeding and even damage the body's coagulation system.

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