Postoperative care for colon cancer

What are the postoperative care measures for colon cancer? Colon cancer is a common malignant tumor. It is very harmful and seriously harms the patient's physical and mental health, causing great pain and distress to the patient. The current treatment method for colon cancer is generally surgical treatment. So, what are the postoperative care measures for colon cancer?

In the early stage after surgery, it is advisable to sleep in a side-lying position with one side of the artificial anus on top, so as to avoid feces contaminating the wound and causing infection. The skin around the artificial anus should be kept clean. After each bowel movement, it should be cleaned with warm water and coated with vaseline ointment to protect the skin. The artificial anus should be expanded regularly with fingers wearing finger cots. When the stool becomes thinner, expansion is more necessary.
If the patient has weight loss, sacral pain, perineal lumps, abdominal masses, ascites, or liver enlargement, he should go to the hospital in time to detect metastasis early.
You should gradually develop the habit of regular bowel movements. If you have not had a bowel movement for a few days, you can take laxatives or go to the hospital for an artificial rectal enema. To prevent diarrhea, you should pay attention to food hygiene and eat less fiber foods or raw, cold, and greasy foods.
Patients who undergo anal reconstruction surgery often have a mental burden because the artificial anus has no sphincter and has an abnormal odor all over the body. Therefore, we need to explain and encourage them more, and help and guide them to take good care of the artificial anus.
The patient should be made aware that anal reconstruction is just a transfer of the anus from the perineum to the abdomen, and no one will look at it with strange eyes. He can completely control his bowel movements and is no different from a normal person. Or he should be made aware that only the patient knows that the anus is in the abdomen, and no one else can discover this secret.