What are the nursing methods for patients with malignant lymphoma

Rehabilitation nursing after treatment of malignant lymphoma is very important, and plays a significant role in whether the patient can recover quickly after treatment. The following details the common sense of malignant lymphoma nursing from the aspects of malignant lymphoma symptom care, general care, health guidance and dietary care.

Symptom observation:

1. Observe the degree of limitation of the patient's activities and the presence or absence of symptoms and signs of infection.

2. The location, size and mobility of enlarged lymph nodes.

3. Observe whether there is a decrease in urine volume.

Symptom care:

1. Care for infection:

2. Nursing of mediastinal lymphadenopathy:

(1) Give oxygen as directed by the doctor and adopt a comfortable position according to the patient's condition.

(2) Administer chemotherapy according to the patient’s condition and doctor’s orders.

3. Nursing of pharyngeal lymphadenopathy:

(1) Encourage patients to take liquid food, and provide nasogastric feeding for patients with severe dysphagia.

(2) For patients with nasal congestion who breathe through the mouth, pay attention to protecting the oral mucosa.

General care:

1. Closely observe for compression symptoms caused by deep lymph node enlargement.

2. For patients with hair loss and darkening of the skin, nurses can organize patients with the same disease into groups so that they can exchange information and support each other.

Health guidance:

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene, change underwear frequently, exercise appropriately, and enhance physical fitness.

2. Teach patients how to self-check their lymph nodes.

3. Strengthen nutrition, improve resistance, and have regular follow-up visits.

Diet care

The dietary taboos for malignant lymphoma should be noted: it is advisable to eat more foods with anti-malignant lymphoma effects such as pangolins, toads, frogs, and taro; water chestnuts, taro, walnuts, lychees, yellow catfish, snails, tripe, cat meat, and oysters are suitable for swollen lymph nodes; tofu dregs, figs, barley, mung beans, bitter melon, winter melon, water chestnuts, and water snakes are suitable for fever; pig hearts, tripe, oats, sorghum, and tofu skin are suitable for night sweats. At the same time, avoid stimulant beverages such as coffee; avoid spicy and irritating foods such as onions, garlic, ginger, and cinnamon; avoid greasy, fried, moldy, and pickled foods; avoid roosters, pig heads, and other hair-raising foods; avoid seafood; avoid warm foods such as mutton, dog meat, leeks, and peppers.

Warm reminder: Through the above introduction, you must have a general understanding of "what are the nursing methods for patients with malignant lymphoma". Experts remind that psychological care often plays a very important role in the disease and treatment effect, especially during chemotherapy, psychological care should be paid more attention to. Psychological care can relieve the fear, doubt, tension and other bad psychology that occur during chemotherapy. I wish you a speedy recovery!