How to eat properly during skin cancer treatment

Skin cancer patients should follow different dietary therapy methods at different stages of treatment. A reasonable diet is helpful for the recovery of physical health. Skin cancer patients should avoid eating overheated, overcold, expired or spoiled food, spicy and irritating food, and allergenic food, such as shrimp and crab.

What kind of diet is good for skin cancer?

1. Diet for skin cancer patients after surgery

1. After skin cancer surgery, the patient's qi is depleted and blood is damaged. It is advisable to eat more foods that replenish qi and nourish blood, such as rice, lentils, dates, lychees, mushrooms, etc. It is necessary to increase the patient's appetite, change the variety of dishes frequently, and pay attention to the color, aroma and taste of the dishes.

2. Maintain adequate protein intake in the diet, and eat lean pork, beef, rabbit meat, or chicken and duck poultry regularly. If the patient dislikes greasy meat, you can switch to non-meat foods rich in protein, such as cheese, omelets, etc.

3. Avoid eating foods that are difficult to digest. Eat more easily digestible foods such as boiled, stewed, and steamed foods, and eat less fried foods.

4. Eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins and other foods that help fight cancer, such as asparagus, kelp, etc.

2. Diet for skin cancer patients during radiotherapy

1. Generally, patients should be given liquid or semi-liquid food. The quantity and frequency can be increased or decreased according to their condition. Do not force it.

2. Radiotherapy consumes yin fluid, so it is advisable to add some sweet and cool foods that nourish yin and promote the production of body fluid to the diet, such as lotus root juice, pear juice, etc.

3. Patients with poor tolerance can be given intravenous high nutrition to replenish severe consumption in the body.

3. Diet for skin cancer patients during chemotherapy

1. During chemotherapy, both Qi and blood are damaged, so it is advisable to take Qi-nourishing foods regularly, such as walnut kernels, mulberries, white fungus, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, and eels.

2. It is advisable to supplement high-protein foods, such as milk, lean meat, fish, animal liver, red dates, etc.

3. If you experience loss of appetite and indigestion, you can add spleen-strengthening and appetite-stimulating foods, such as hawthorn, white lentils, radish, etc.