Nursing care for middle-aged and elderly patients with rectal cancer undergoing surgical treatment

The care that middle-aged and elderly patients with rectal cancer need to do when undergoing surgical treatment includes:

1. Preoperative care: Prepare the intestines fully before the operation to increase the success rate and safety of the operation. Eat some liquid food. Do not eat anything one day before the operation to reduce feces and facilitate intestinal cleaning. Take intestinal antibiotics three days before the operation to inhibit intestinal bacteria and prevent postoperative infection.

2. Psychological care: When patients need to have a permanent artificial anus, it will bring inconvenience to life and mental burden. At this time, we should pay more attention to the patients and explain the necessity of the surgery clearly so that they can accept the surgery in the best psychological state. We should strengthen the body's nutrition, treat anemia, and enhance resistance. Try to eat more foods that are high in protein, high in calories, high in vitamins, and easy to digest. Increase the patient's tolerance to surgery.

3. Exercise care: After surgery, patients with rectal cancer should also pay attention to proper exercise to improve immunity. Many cancer patients and their families believe that if they have cancer, they should rest. In fact, rectal cancer patients should also insist on exercising while recuperating at home. Proper exercise can not only increase the body's immunity, improve blood circulation, and promote metabolism, but also eliminate depression and relax the nervous spirit. Do not do some large or intense exercises.