How to take care of yourself after laryngeal cancer surgery

There are too many throat diseases in life now, some of which become cancer when they are serious, so patients are very painful. Once a malignant tumor such as laryngeal cancer occurs, it will seriously endanger the patient's health and take the patient's life. I believe people will also be afraid of laryngeal cancer and hope that patients will receive correct treatment and care after the disease. So let's first understand what care items should patients with laryngeal cancer do?

What are the key points of clinical nursing for laryngeal cancer?

1. Psychological care: Provide comfort and explanation to patients and their families, show concern and care for patients, meet their reasonable needs, and enable patients to face the operation in a good psychological state.

2. If there are symptoms such as sudden local swelling, extremely difficult breathing, and increased pulse, it should be considered that the tumor is necrotic and bleeding and compressing the trachea. It is necessary to notify the doctor in time and prepare for treatment immediately. For those who need radiotherapy or chemotherapy before surgery, follow the routine radiotherapy and chemotherapy care.

Postoperative care for patients with laryngeal cancer:

1. Patients who undergo radiotherapy or chemotherapy after surgery should receive routine care.

2. After the patient wakes up, he/she should be placed in a semi-recumbent position to facilitate breathing and drainage. Ice should be placed on the neck to prevent bleeding from the incision.

3. Pay attention to maintaining smooth drainage to prevent flap necrosis. Regularly observe and record the properties and volume of drainage fluid, and notify the doctor in time if any abnormality is found.

What are the dietary precautions for laryngeal cancer patients?

1. Patients can eat anti-tumor foods, such as grass leaves, amaranth, fermented black beans, almonds, loofah, eggplant, etc.

2. The patient's diet should be light, and he can eat foods with anti-infection and anti-ulcer effects, such as monk fruit, water chestnut, honey, pig skin, mud snail, spinach, etc.

3. Patients should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, such as walnuts, shiitake mushrooms, black fungus, asparagus, red dates, garlic, etc., to enhance the body's immunity and effectively block the formation of cancer cells.

4. Patients should eat more bean products, which contain phytoestrogens, similar to female estrogen. The isoflavones contained in soybeans can reduce the destructive effects of male hormones and inhibit and kill cancer cells.

5. Patients should refrain from smoking, drinking, spicy and irritating foods. In case of concurrent infection, they should refrain from eating hot foods such as dog meat and mutton. They should also refrain from eating spoiled foods. They should eat less fatty livestock and poultry meat, salted meat and fish, smoked products such as sausages, red sausages or canned fruits, etc.

6. Choose the following foods according to the symptoms: hoarseness, radish, pear, ginkgo, coix seed, plum, etc.; difficulty in swallowing, almonds, peach kernels, lily, etc.; hemoptysis, lotus root powder, day lily, etc.

7. The diet should be nutritious and easy to digest, especially providing enough protein and vitamins, such as Sun God Oral Liquid, Yunnan Panax Notoginseng Pollen Oral Liquid, etc.

When we have a disease like laryngeal cancer, it is necessary for us to cooperate with the doctor to carry out drug treatment. However, people need to pay attention to the fact that while taking drug treatment, we should not neglect the care of life and diet. The above editor has summarized in detail the relevant care matters that patients with laryngeal cancer should do. I hope it can attract the attention of our patients and carry out correct care.