Experts explain daily care for common lung cancer

Lung cancer is a very serious lung disease that may affect the normal breathing of lung cancer patients and cause great harm to lung cancer patients. So what are the common daily care methods for lung cancer ? The following is a list of common daily care methods for lung cancer.

In general, common daily care methods for lung cancer are:

1. Observation and care of the condition: Lung cancer patients often have metastases to different parts of the tumor, causing different symptoms. They should be carefully observed and given corresponding care. For example, liver and brain metastases may cause sudden coma, convulsions, and blurred vision. Nursing staff should promptly detect and give symptomatic treatment. Bone metastases should strengthen limb protection. Abdominal metastases often cause intestinal obstruction. Patients should be observed for symptoms such as abdominal distension and abdominal pain. Due to weakness, fatigue, and reduced activity, patients often suffer from constipation. Enemas or laxatives should be given in time to relieve constipation. Edema can occur due to malnutrition and low plasma protein. Edema should be reduced by increasing nutrition and raising the affected limb. This is an important aspect of daily care for lung cancer.

2. Prevention of bedsores: This is also a common point in daily care for lung cancer. Lung cancer patients generally have poor nutritional status, and sometimes have systemic edema, which makes bedsores very easy to develop. They spread rapidly and are difficult to cure, so it is particularly important to prevent bedsores. Reduce local pressure, change body positions on time, and use air rings, soft pillows, etc. to cushion the parts of the body that are prone to pressure to avoid long-term pressure. Keep the skin clean, especially for patients with incontinence, keep the bed clean and flat, and use a baking lamp to irradiate the broken skin to keep the local area dry.

3. Psychological care: Lung cancer patients may have anxiety, fear, sadness, etc., and often feel indifferent and lonely. We should have a high degree of sympathy and responsibility, and strive to create a warm and harmonious recuperation environment for patients, place them in single wards, speak kindly, be sincere, encourage patients to express their psychological feelings, and provide timely guidance and actively introduce information about the improvement of their condition to patients. This is also an important daily care method for lung cancer.

The above is an introduction to the common daily care methods for lung cancer. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. For more questions about the daily care of lung cancer, you can consult our online experts, who will answer them in detail.