Symptoms of terminally ill elderly with prostate cancer How to care for elderly with prostate cancer

In life, many men lose their precious lives to prostate cancer every year, because the incubation period of prostate cancer is very long and it is difficult to detect. Once discovered, many cases are already in the late stage of cancer, so the mortality rate of late-stage prostate cancer is particularly high. In addition, in the late stage of cancer, since the cancer cells have metastasized to other organs of the body, the patient himself is in great pain.

The symptoms of prostate cancer in the elderly at the end of life are slightly different for each person, but most of them are weight loss and difficulty swallowing. Some elderly people will have a moment of last breath, and some will die directly in a coma. Prostate cancer patients will have symptoms of abnormal liver function in the late stage, so they are more likely to suffer from jaundice. If the patient has ascites, the abdomen will feel bloated and painful. If the cancer cells spread to other places, there will be lesions in other parts of the body, and pathological fractures are very likely to occur, so you must be more careful when caring for the patient.

In terms of nursing for elderly patients with prostate cancer, the first thing to do is to pay attention to diet. You must not feed them high-cholesterol and high-fat foods, which are very likely to cause cancer cell proliferation and aggravate the condition. Choose light food and avoid spicy and irritating food. Choosing foods with lycopene in your daily diet is a good choice. Tomatoes, watermelons, apricots, and red grapes all contain lycopene, and tomatoes have the highest content. Secondly, pay attention to the patient's hygiene and change underwear frequently. Because the cancerous part of the elderly is the prostate, it is necessary to prevent infection after surgery, and also prevent urinary tract infection and bacteria.

For the elderly with advanced prostate cancer, they should maintain an optimistic attitude to fight the disease and cooperate with the doctor's treatment conscientiously. They should also ensure that the patient gets enough rest, keeps the room clean and tidy, and ventilates and disinfects regularly. The greatest help to the patient is to let the patient have a happy mental state, not have too heavy a psychological burden, and spend the period of illness happily.