Psychological intervention to prevent recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

The treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a long process. During the treatment, you must understand the psychological intervention methods to prevent cancer recurrence, cooperate with the treatment to the greatest extent, strive for good healing effects, and restore health. So, what are the steps of psychological intervention to prevent the recurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Step 1: Psychological intervention will help radiotherapy achieve good results.

Reasonable psychological intervention can improve the anxiety, fear and depression of NPC patients, and is of great significance for ensuring that patients get enough sleep, increase appetite and maintain a good mental state during radiotherapy.

Step 2: Encourage patients to take care of themselves as much as possible and self-regulate

Patients should learn some knowledge of self-rehabilitation training, such as: gargle with self-prepared light salt water, 4 to 5 times a day, and gargle for 1 to 2 minutes by alternating cheek puffing and sucking to remove loose dental plaque. In order to prevent serious mucosal damage caused by radiotherapy, do mouth opening exercises frequently in the free time of radiotherapy to maximize the exercise of the temporomandibular joint, 100 times each time, 3 times a day.

Step 3: The treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a long process, lasting several months or even years. We must pay more attention to the fact that some patients may have some radical behaviors, so we must be good at observing the words and deeds of patients, take the initiative to care for them, and take preventive measures.