How to care after colon tumor surgery?

The early symptoms of colon cancer are not obvious, and it is already in the middle or late stage when it is discovered. The most common method of treating colon cancer is surgery. So, how to care for colon cancer after surgery? Let us introduce it in detail.

The onset of colon tumors is insidious. In the early stage, only fecal occult blood is found, which gradually turns into bloody stools, dysentery-like bloody stools, tenesmus, and sometimes stubborn constipation. The stools become thinner or mushy, or diarrhea and constipation alternate. These changes become the prominent manifestations of colon tumors. Patients often have varying degrees of abdominal pain, often with erosion, necrosis and secondary infection. If it occurs on the right side, it will cause dull pain in the right abdomen, and sometimes abdominal pain after meals. Left-sided colon tumors are often complicated by intestinal obstruction, sometimes with abdominal colic, accompanied by abdominal distension, hyperactive bowel sounds, etc.

1. Psychological care The diagnosis of tumors, the economic burden, and the damaged self-image after colostomy can cause patients to have serious adverse psychological reactions, such as anxiety, fear, loss of confidence, and even refusal of surgery. Psychological care should be targeted to care for patients, and comfort and disease explanation should be done well. How to care for colon tumors after surgery? For patients who need colostomy, let them understand the impact on digestive function and explain it through pictures, real objects, etc., and arrange for successful patients with similar diseases to talk with them. Explain self-care knowledge and explain that although colostomy will bring inconvenience, it can still lead a normal life if it is properly treated.

2. General care, diet and nutritional support: Give a high-protein, high-calorie, easily digestible, low-residue diet before surgery. Patients without intestinal obstruction should take semi-liquid food 3 days before surgery and liquid food without residue 2 days before surgery.

3. Adequate intestinal preparation can reduce intraoperative contamination, prevent postoperative abdominal cavity and incision infection, and facilitate anastomotic healing. It includes three parts: controlling diet, taking oral intestinal antibacterial drugs, and cleaning the intestine.

4. Others: Gastrointestinal decompression will be performed on the morning of the operation and a urinary catheter will be placed. For female patients whose tumor has invaded the posterior vaginal wall, the vagina needs to be flushed every night for 3 days before the operation. Preoperative preparation should be performed according to routine abdominal surgical care.

The above content mainly introduces in detail how to care for colon tumors after surgery. I hope it will be helpful to you. If you have other questions, you can click online consultation to consult our experts in detail.

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