How to eat after laryngeal cancer surgery?

Surgery is the main treatment method chosen by many laryngeal cancer patients and their families. However, laryngeal cancer patients often do not know much about their diet after surgery. Therefore, doctors often encounter family members asking about this issue.

Experts point out that the postoperative dietary problems of laryngeal cancer patients seriously affect their recovery and life. The choking caused by swallowing is the most troublesome problem after laryngeal cancer surgery. After surgery, patients must pass through the laryngeal cavity to enter the esophagus when eating and drinking, and the gas in the lungs must also pass through this cavity. Although some technical treatments will be done during the operation, it is difficult to ensure that no food enters the trachea through the shared cavity, causing choking. Experts say that the best way to deal with choking is to practice swallowing. Generally, patients should start practicing swallowing 15 to 20 days after surgery. At the beginning, it is best to choose dry food, such as bread and steamed buns. Such food can form a solid rice ball after chewing, which is relatively "whole" and not easy to run into the trachea, which can reduce the occurrence of choking. If you can swallow the bread smoothly, you can practice eating semi-dry food, such as rice, noodles, etc., and finally drink porridge, soup, water, etc.

Some patients are afraid of choking and are afraid to eat after surgery. In fact, the more afraid you are to eat, the more likely you are to choke. Through swallowing exercises, the occurrence of choking will gradually decrease, and finally even disappear. If choking occurs when you start practicing swallowing, you can use some small methods to assist, such as finger pressure (that is, press the skin of the lower jaw with your fingers when swallowing) or food bolus method (that is, eat a bite of steamed bun or banana to block the stoma before eating) and other methods for training. If it doesn't work, insert an inflatable air bag into the patient's tracheal incision, inflate it with a syringe while eating, and deflate it after eating. But you can't rely too much on these methods. In the end, patients still have to overcome choking through practice. A small number of patients cannot overcome choking through swallowing exercises and need surgery, but they may lose their language function.

The diet after laryngeal cancer surgery brings great pain to patients, but persistence is the key to solving the diet after laryngeal cancer surgery. In fact, the solution to this problem cannot be generalized, and it needs to be done according to the specific situation of the patient.

Some patients are less likely to choke when they change their body position when swallowing, such as bending over, while some people are less likely to choke when they turn to the left, and some people are less likely to choke when they turn to the right. Although it has not yet been summarized what kind of patients and what body position are less likely to choke, patients can try to change their body position when swallowing to make swallowing easier.

The above is a brief introduction to "How to eat after laryngeal cancer surgery?" For people who are related to the pathogenic factors of laryngeal cancer, it is recommended to take preventive measures for laryngeal cancer, follow the doctor's instructions, and then receive specific treatment. I hope that patients can recover soon! If you have other questions about laryngeal cancer, please consult our experts online or call for consultation.

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