How do patients with nasopharyngeal cancer exercise

The main treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is through surgery. During the treatment, salivary glands may be damaged, causing persistent dry mouth, difficulty opening the mouth due to fibrosis of the masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joints, and limited neck movement due to fibrosis of the cervical joint muscles. Chronic, long-term radiation reactions such as these should be addressed. In the face of this situation, the focus is on active prevention and daily care. Strengthening exercise care can help patients recover quickly.

The exercise care methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients are as follows:

1. Rinse with tea: Rinse your mouth with warm tea after each meal, alternating between cheek puffing and sucking, gargle thoroughly for 1-3 minutes to remove food residues between teeth, achieve the effect of cleaning teeth and maintaining oral hygiene.

2. Teeth tapping: Gently tap or clench the upper and lower teeth 23 times a day, about 100 times each time, and finally lick the periodontium with the tip of the tongue for 35 circles. This can strengthen the teeth, fully exercise the chewing muscles, and prevent their fibrosis.

3. Swallowing saliva: Swallowing saliva frequently can stimulate saliva secretion, moisten the throat, relieve dryness of the mouth and tongue, and exercise the tongue, teeth and cheek muscles to prevent degeneration of oral function.

4. Inflate the cheeks: Close your lips and blow air outwards to inflate the cheeks. Place the thumbs of both hands on the inflated cheeks and gently massage the cheeks and temporomandibular joints in a clockwise direction to prevent difficulty in opening the mouth caused by fibrosis of the temporomandibular joints and the surrounding muscle tissues.

5. Tongue flicking: Open your mouth slightly and bounce your tongue in your mouth. The movement of the tongue in the mouth can exercise its flexibility and prevent the tongue muscles from atrophy and functional degeneration.

6. Shaking your head: It can prevent neck tightness and limited neck movement caused by fibrosis of the neck joint muscles.

The above is a detailed introduction to the functional exercise nursing methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. I hope it will be helpful for your disease treatment. The care of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients is a long process. Patients should be encouraged to persist in exercise, including the rehabilitation stage after discharge. Do a good job of comforting and explaining to them, meet their reasonable needs, and enable patients to cooperate with treatment in a good mental state.