What is the cause of fever after chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma and what should I eat?

At present, the most basic treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is radiotherapy, but radiotherapy will more or less have a certain impact on the patient. What is the cause of fever in nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemotherapy? How to eat?

Causes of fever in nasopharyngeal cancer after chemotherapy:

1. Chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma can cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, hair loss, and leukopenia.

2. During chemotherapy, anticancer drugs not only kill cancer cells in the body, but also normal cells, especially blood cells. So it is easy to have a fever. So, what is the reason for fever after chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

3. Fever. It is related to the disease of nasopharyngeal cancer itself. Due to the special location of the nasopharynx and the many important organs and tissues around it, nasopharyngeal infection or nasopharyngeal infection can cause low fever. Due to low immunity after chemotherapy, infections in other parts may be combined.

The above are the reasons for fever after chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. You don’t have to worry too much. This is usually a normal reaction. If the fever lasts for a long time, you should seek medical attention in time. How to eat after chemotherapy?

1. Eat more foods that enhance immunity and prevent lung cancer, such as coix seed, sweet almonds, water chestnuts, oysters, jellyfish, yellow croaker, sea turtle, crab, horseshoe crab, clams, sea cucumber, Poria cocos, yam, jujube, black snake, green beans, mushrooms, walnuts, turtles, etc.

2. During or after chemotherapy, when the white blood cell count decreases, the patient's resistance decreases, nutrition is deficient, and it is easy to get infected. You should supplement with foods that have anti-cancer and white blood cell functions, such as animal liver, placenta, bone marrow, pig's feet, lean meat, fish, dates, osmanthus, red beans, quail, mushrooms, walnuts, and turtles.

The above is the diet after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Patients are advised to pay attention to nutritional matching and not eat too much food.