How do lung cancer patients eat? Detailed explanation of the dietary issues of lung cancer patients

Lung cancer patients must receive timely treatment after discovering their condition. Most patients undergo surgery to remove the tumor. After the surgery, many patients begin to experience symptoms such as weight loss and weakness. During this period, the diet and care of patients are very important. Diet and care to improve the quality of life of patients cannot be ignored. Here are some issues that lung cancer patients need to pay attention to in their diet.

Pay attention to expectoration. After lung cancer surgery, patients should actively perform respiratory rehabilitation exercises to prevent atelectasis and respiratory system infection. Within 24 to 48 hours after surgery, patients should actively cough and take deep breaths 5 to 10 times every one or two hours.

Within 3 days after surgery, nurses or family members should help patients cough and expectorate 4 to 6 times a day. The specific method is: stand on the non-surgical side of the patient, stretch out your arms, put your fingers together, and hold the patient's chest on the surgical side from the front and back chest walls, and let the patient follow you to take a deep breath. When inhaling, gently hold the incision, and then ask the patient to cough hard, press the ribs when coughing to help expectorate, and gently pat the patient's back. Repeat several times until the patient coughs up all the sputum.

On the third day after surgery, encourage and urge the patient to use the arm on the operated side to hold a cup, eat, and comb hair, and to use the hand on the operated side to touch the ear on the opposite side over the head several times a day. A rope can be tied to the end rail of the bed, and the patient can pull the rope with the arm on the operated side to practice sitting up, lying down, and getting out of bed by themselves, which can enhance the muscle tension of the shoulder, arm, and back muscles on the operated side.

Dietary conditioning is also very important for postoperative care. Patients must pay attention to their eating habits. The diet of lung cancer patients after surgery should be relatively easy to solve. At this time, it is advisable to choose milk, eggs, lean meat, animal liver, soy products, fresh vegetables and fruits, etc., and appropriately increase the patient's food intake and frequency of eating. At the same time, it is necessary to avoid fishy and greasy foods, and avoid spicy and irritating foods such as tobacco and alcohol. For lung cancer patients with symptoms such as cough and hemoptysis, you can choose prescriptions and food prescriptions that nourish the lungs, stop coughing and hemostasis, and astringe under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and choose almonds, jellyfish, lilies, water chestnuts, lotus nodes, lotus seeds, persimmons, pears, yam, etc. Lung cancer patients can also eat foods that nourish yin and nourish, such as geckos, tortoise shell paste, turtle meat, and glutinous rice.

In short, for lung cancer patients, adequate nutrition and a balanced diet will undoubtedly help patients improve their immunity and reduce adverse reactions during treatment. However, experts also remind everyone that lung cancer patients cannot eat whatever they want. They must also pay attention to the dietary taboos of lung cancer. It is also important to avoid being too hungry or too full, and avoid eating greasy food to avoid loss of appetite.