What is the best diet during gastric cancer treatment

When patients with gastric cancer are undergoing adjuvant treatments such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, they need to cooperate with doctors to adjust their diet structure. It is recommended to mainly eat light and easily digestible food and pay attention to supplementing nutrients.

1. Food selection: Since the gastrointestinal function of gastric cancer patients will be affected to varying degrees, they should try to avoid eating spicy foods, such as chili peppers, peppercorns, and garlic, in order to avoid affecting their condition. At the same time, they should also reduce the intake of greasy and pickled foods, such as fatty meat, fried foods, or pickles;

2. Staple food combination: You can eat some food that is easily absorbed by the human body, such as millet porridge or pumpkin porridge, etc. You can also drink some milk or soy milk to help the body replenish protein and calcium, which helps to improve your immunity and promote disease recovery;

3. Fruits and vegetables: You can also eat more fresh fruits and green vegetables, including apples, bananas, dragon fruit, kiwi, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., which can provide the body with a variety of vitamins and mineral elements, enhance your physical fitness, and are beneficial to your health;

4. Other precautions: If you have obvious abdominal pain, you need to see a doctor in time to check whether you have intestinal obstruction. If necessary, you can take medicine to relieve pain according to the doctor's advice. Commonly used medicines include ibuprofen sustained-release capsules, diclofenac sodium sustained-release tablets and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. If you have anemia, you need to actively supplement blood to improve discomfort. Common iron preparations include ferrous sulfate syrup, ferrous succinate granules, etc.

For some patients with advanced gastric cancer who cannot eat normally, nutritional support can be given through intravenous injection to maintain electrolyte balance in the body. At the same time, they should go to the hospital for regular checkups to understand the progress of the disease so as to adjust the treatment plan.