How to avoid damage to skin integrity in laryngeal cancer patients

Laryngeal cancer patients need to stay in bed for a long time after surgery. If the nursing care is not in place during the bed rest period, a variety of postoperative complications will occur, which will seriously affect the patient's physical recovery and even bring danger. Among the many matters that need to be paid attention to, avoiding damage to the integrity of the patient's skin is one of the matters that should be paid attention to. So how should the nursing staff deal with this matter?

First, the skin condition of the patient's pressure area should be observed. For patients with good skin, they should be assisted to turn over regularly, generally once every two hours. The patient's skin condition should be observed again during the shift change.

When assisting the patient to turn over, you should avoid dragging, pulling, and tugging, and wipe the patient's skin all over the body with warm water every day to keep the skin clean and dry. At the same time, the sheets, quilts, etc. should be washed frequently to keep the sheets clean, flat, without wrinkles or debris. If they are accidentally soiled, they should be replaced in time.

For patients whose pressure areas become red and swollen due to negligence and inadequate care, they should be given 50% alcohol massage in time to avoid damage and infection. At the same time, the pressure on this area should be reduced to allow it to return to normal quickly.

Another thing that needs to be noted is that patients should reduce unnecessary walking to prevent skin scratches. Patients should be helped to cut their nails frequently and reminded not to scratch their skin. This is because laryngeal cancer patients have reduced body resistance and once the skin is damaged, it is easy to cause adverse symptoms such as bleeding and infection.