The post-care methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma should be mastered

We all should know something about nasopharyngeal carcinoma. It is a very harmful disease that can lead to death in severe cases. So once we discover it, we must treat it in time and provide professional care during the treatment. Nursing is very important to assist in better treatment of the disease. The following editor will introduce to you the care methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

1. Care for nasopharyngeal bleeding: When there is a small amount of blood in the mucus, ephedrine can be used locally to stop the bleeding; when there is moderate bleeding, ephedrine, epinephrine gauze or nasal cotton can be used locally to stop the bleeding, and hemostatic drugs can be injected intramuscularly; when there is a large amount of bleeding, advise the patient not to swallow the bleeding, stay calm, and report to the doctor in time for rescue.

2. Nasopharyngeal care: How to care for nasopharyngeal cancer in the late stage? Keep the nasopharyngeal cavity clean, wash the nasal cavity twice a day, and use 0.25% chloramphenicol eye drops to drip into the nose, and spray chloramphenicol solution into the throat and oropharynx 2 to 3 times a day. Eye and ear care: Pay attention to the cleanliness and protection of the ears and eyes, and use anti-infection eye drops, eye ointment, etc.

3. Oral care: Pay attention to oral hygiene, brush your teeth with a soft-bristled toothbrush, and rinse your mouth with saline or Dobel's solution. It is best to brush your teeth and rinse your mouth after meals and before going to bed. Before radiotherapy, you must clean your teeth and treat dental diseases to avoid a decrease in local resistance after radiotherapy. If you extract your teeth, it will cause extensive bone necrosis.

4. Nutritional rehabilitation: Nursing methods for late-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Due to the consumption of the body by the tumor itself and tumor treatment, as well as the effects of stomatitis, pharyngitis, etc. on eating, cancer patients generally show malnutrition. In fact, the cause of death of some cancer patients is exhaustion caused by nutritional deficiency.

5. Psychological treatment: People's emotional disorders are caused by their irrational beliefs. Therefore, in short, this treatment method is to treat irrationality with rationality, help patients replace irrational thinking with rational thinking, and replace irrational beliefs with rational beliefs, so as to minimize the adverse effects of irrational beliefs on emotions. Improve their helplessness, despair, anxiety and depression, which is manifested as a strengthening of the spirit to fight the disease, and patients are more receptive to various treatment methods.

The above is the care method after treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. I hope it can help everyone better care for nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. The editor reminds everyone that if you find that you have nasopharyngeal carcinoma, you must go to a regular hospital for treatment in time. If you do not receive timely treatment and the condition becomes serious, the consequences will be very serious.