How to care for patients with tongue cancer to make them feel better

Tongue cancer is a malignant tumor located in the oral cavity. Many patients need to undergo chemotherapy, but they don’t know how to take care of themselves during treatment. So today I will introduce to you how to care for tongue cancer patients during chemotherapy.

1. Prevent infection: Carbuncle can cause a decrease in white blood cells, especially granulocytes, and can also suppress immune function to varying degrees, often making patients susceptible to a variety of infections without knowing it, so you need to be vigilant about this.

2. Reduce exposure to the sun: Some chemotherapy drugs, such as fluorouracil, will make the patient's skin sensitive to sunlight for a certain period of time after taking the drugs, causing the skin color to darken significantly. Therefore, it is not advisable to expose the patient to the sun for too long when using such drugs.

3. Rational use of drugs: Currently, many cancer patients use both Chinese and Western medicines, and there are too many types of drugs. When using chemotherapy drugs, they often also use antipyretic analgesics, sleeping pills, nutritional tonics, antibiotics, etc. There have been many reports of adverse reactions caused by the large number of drug types, which has increased the toxicity of anti-tumor drugs. The use of cisplatin with aminoglycoside antibiotics such as gentamicin, kanamycin or amikacin can aggravate the nephrotoxicity of cisplatin and even cause renal failure. This is a prominent example. Therefore, we advocate that cancer patients should not use too many drugs, but use them in a refined and reasonable way, which is especially worth noting during chemotherapy. Qikangyi, as an external treatment method, can effectively eliminate the negative reactions of chemotherapy and supplement the adverse symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and leukopenia caused by chemotherapy.

4. Cooperate with injection: Many chemotherapy drugs need to be injected intravenously or dripped. Some drugs cannot overflow from blood vessels, otherwise they will stimulate normal tissues and cause local inflammation or even ulceration, adding unnecessary pain. When the nurse is injecting or dripping the drug, the patient should try to keep the injection site as little as possible to avoid the needle slipping out of the blood vessel.

5. Avoid pregnancy: Generally speaking, cancer patients are not prohibited from having sex, but they should be moderate. However, during chemotherapy, pregnancy should be avoided, as a considerable number of anti-tumor drugs have mutagenic and teratogenic effects, which are particularly prominent in the first three months of pregnancy, so you must be careful.

People at high risk of tongue cancer

If you have rotten or decayed teeth, don't think that it is too late to repair them when they are seriously damaged. Because the long-term stimulation and chronic damage of the rotten teeth on the tongue edge area to the tongue mucosa is one of the main factors for the occurrence of tongue cancer.

Smokers and drinkers. Studies have shown that nicotine in tobacco is carcinogenic, and smokers are prone to tongue cancer. If you continue to smoke after your tongue cancer is cured, the chance of developing a second primary cancer will also increase greatly. Alcohol itself has not been proven to be carcinogenic, but it can promote cancer. Alcohol can act as a solvent for carcinogens, prompting carcinogens to enter the tongue mucosa and cause cancer.

Poor oral hygiene. Poor oral hygiene, chronic inflammatory stimulation, and mechanical damage can all be factors that promote cancer. In addition, long-term friction between ill-fitting dentures, caries, sharp dental ridges, and the side edge of the tongue can cause ulcers and lead to tongue cancer.

Love to eat spicy hotpot or hot pot. Spicy hotpot and other foods are very irritating. Chili peppers can cause chemical stimulation to tongue cancer, and high-temperature foods can cause physical stimulation to the tongue. Strong flavors have a great impact on the tongue. If you already have an ulcer, stimulating the ulcerated area with this kind of food will cause repeated damage and increase the probability of cancer.