Dietary taboos during chemotherapy for rectal cancer

During chemotherapy, family members of patients with rectal cancer must provide good care. They can consult the attending physician on diet and make a reasonable diet under the doctor's advice. Once suffering from rectal cancer, many patients will have serious problems with their digestive tract. Therefore, in order to control the disease, personal diet should be paid attention to during chemotherapy.

Diet during chemotherapy for rectal cancer

1. Dietary conditioning for digestive tract toxicity. Chemotherapy for rectal cancer can cause oral mucositis, which manifests as mucosal congestion, edema, ulcers, pain, etc. At this time, you should keep your mouth clean, brush your teeth after eating, and supplement with high-nutrition liquid or semi-liquid diets, such as lotus seed soup, snow fungus soup, milk, soy milk, crucian carp soup, etc. Avoid overheated, overly acidic and irritating foods when eating. Acute inflammation can cause rapid mouthfeeling. Patients with ulcers can add 0.1 g of crushed vitamin C to 20 ml of honey and hold it in the mouth 2 to 4 times a day.

2. Dietary adjustment for decreased blood count. Rectal cancer chemotherapy can cause poor bone marrow regeneration, especially the decrease in white blood cells. To effectively prevent the decrease in blood count, patients should supplement high-protein diet during chemotherapy, such as milk, soybeans, lean meat, pig's trotters, sea cucumbers, fish, animal liver, red dates, peanuts, walnuts, black fungus, carrots, red beans, etc. River crabs, black fish, beef, animal-made gelatin such as donkey hide gelatin (ejiao) and pig hide gelatin (roupi gelatin) can also help increase white blood cells.

3. Dietary conditioning and prevention of liver and kidney damage. Some chemotherapy drugs can cause liver damage and increase transaminase. At this time, you should eat more bitter melon, mung bean sprouts, tea, mushrooms, fungus, Hericium erinaceus and other fungal foods, eat more fruits rich in vitamins, such as kiwi, peaches, apples, grapes, etc., drink more green tea, oolong tea, honey water. If the liver function is severely damaged, you can use 20 grams of Schisandra chinensis and 20 grams of wolfberry to stew crucian carp soup. Some chemotherapy drugs can also cause kidney damage, such as cisplatin.

Warm reminder: The above are the issues that rectal cancer patients need to pay attention to in their diet. Family members must pay more attention, and rectal cancer patients must maintain a happy attitude.