How to improve appetite in patients with pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of the digestive tract, which often occurs in the head of the pancreas. Common symptoms are fatigue, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, and jaundice. The general treatment process will use radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In addition, the interference caused by pain causes the patient's appetite to decrease seriously and his physical condition to deteriorate. How to improve the patient's appetite?

1. Meal preparation

For pancreatic cancer patients who are in good physical condition, they can do appropriate activities one hour before meals to enhance their appetite. The patient's family should ask the patient's opinion, respect the patient's taste to the greatest extent, and prepare food that suits the patient's taste.

2. Dietary environment

The dining environment should be clean and tidy, and it is best not to be disturbed. You can dine with your family to create a dining atmosphere and increase your appetite.

3. Food Choices

Try to eat high-calorie foods that are easy to swallow (such as milk, egg custard, etc.) and some colder or room temperature foods (the smell and taste of such foods are lighter). For people with long-term loss of appetite, they need to supplement high-protein nutrition.

4. Notes

Nutritional supplements are needed to support treatment, but do not force yourself to eat when you do not want to. Try to eat small meals frequently, and eat more for breakfast. You can eat 4 to 5 times a day. Drinking more soup during meals makes you feel full, so you can drink beverages between meals.

5. Medicinal food stimulates appetite

If necessary, you can ask a specialist to prepare medicated food that can invigorate qi and blood circulation, increase appetite, and improve gastrointestinal absorption function, such as astragalus and yam soup, hawthorn and diced meat, etc.