How do patients with esophageal cancer eat?

Diet is a critical factor for patients with esophageal cancer. As the saying goes, "diseases come from the mouth." In fact, the treatment of diseases is also closely related to diet. So what are the requirements for esophageal cancer diet?

1. The diet for esophageal cancer should first be aimed at supplementing nutrition and improving the patient's own immunity. Esophageal cancer is different from other tumors. It is not a poor appetite, but difficulty in swallowing and inability to eat, which causes the body's consumption. Therefore, you should try to eat more food that can enter the esophagus, such as semi-liquid food and full-liquid food. Pay attention to the quality of semi-liquid food and full-liquid food. Do not limit calories. Make sure that the food is nutritious, soft, easy to digest and absorb. If necessary, you can make a homogenized diet, elemental diet and mixed milk. The homogenized diet is a normal person's diet that has been thorned and boned, and then blended into a paste with a high-speed tissue pounder. The nutrients it contains are similar to normal diets, but they have been crushed in vitro and are very easy to digest and absorb. You can avoid a long-term single diet and prevent constipation.

The heat energy and nutritional requirements of homogenized diet can be prepared according to the condition and personal eating habits. You can choose rice, porridge, noodles, steamed bread, eggs, fish, shrimp, chicken, lean meat, pork liver, cabbage, carrots, rapeseed, white radish, winter melon, potatoes, and appropriate amounts of milk, soy milk, tofu, dried bean curd, etc. Preparation method of homogenized diet: Clean chicken, lean meat, fish, shrimp, vegetables, etc., remove bones, skin, and thorns, cut into small pieces and cook or fry, remove the skin of steamed bread, boil eggs, peel and cut into pieces, mix all the food needed for each meal, add appropriate amount of water and mash them together (can be mashed with a medical tissue pounder or a food pounder), and add 1 to 2 grams of salt per meal after all are blended into a particle-free paste.

In general, the diet for esophageal cancer should make it easy for patients to eat and try to supplement the required nutrients. In addition, the diet for esophageal cancer must pay attention to the taboo foods, such as not eating spicy foods, not drinking or smoking, not eating rough foods that are difficult to swallow, etc.

2. You also need to pay attention to your diet after surgery for esophageal cancer. Your diet after esophageal cancer surgery is related to the patient's recovery after surgery and can affect the treatment effect of esophageal cancer. So what should you pay attention to in your diet after surgery?

After the operation, you must not eat or drink anything. If you can drink water according to the doctor's advice, you can drink a small amount of water to prevent anastomotic leakage. Generally, you should eat after three days. The semi-liquid stage can be slightly longer, and you should not rush to transition to normal food. The esophagus after surgery is different from the normal esophagus, so you should pay more attention to food hygiene, avoid eating irritating foods and seasonings, and the food should not be too hot or too hard. Eat small meals frequently.

The general principle of diet for esophageal cancer is to supplement the nutrients needed by the patient as much as possible, improve the patient's tolerance to treatment, and not cause recurrence or affect the treatment effect.

For some esophageal cancer patients, the esophagus has been severely blocked by the rapidly growing tumor and they are unable to eat. In this case, electrochemical intervention combined with particle stent technology should be used immediately to quickly open the esophagus and allow the patient to resume eating through the mouth as soon as possible, in order to enhance resistance and gain time for subsequent treatment.

The above is the diet method for esophageal cancer patients. I hope it will be helpful to you. Expert Tips: If you have symptoms of disease, do not delay diagnosis. Go to a regular hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease and causing serious consequences. If you have other questions, please consult our online experts or call for consultation.

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