How should lung cancer patients be cared for after surgery? Five aspects of lung cancer postoperative care

Some diseases have to be operated on in the late stage, such as lung cancer. Only surgery can achieve the therapeutic effect in the late stage of lung cancer and avoid endangering the patient's life. So for those lung cancer patients who have already undergone surgery, how should they take care of their bodies?

Medical statistics show that the incidence of lung cancer in people who smoke more than 25 cigarettes a day is 250/100,000. The incidence of lung cancer in non-smokers is 10/100,000. If their other living and working conditions are similar, then the incidence of lung cancer in people who smoke 25 cigarettes a day is 25 times that of non-smokers. The number "25" is the relative risk of lung cancer in people who smoke more than 25 cigarettes a day. The high-risk population for lung cancer refers to a group of people with a high incidence of lung cancer and a high relative risk of lung cancer. In order to improve the early detection and early diagnosis rate of lung cancer and cure as many lung cancer patients as possible, patients in the hospital's internal medicine outpatient department who are over 40 years old, smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day or have a smoking index (number of cigarettes smoked per day × number of years of smoking) greater than 400, have a family history of lung cancer, and work in certain occupations or types of work with a high incidence of lung cancer should undergo regular sputum cytology and chest X-ray examinations.

1. Do more exercise, especially those that enhance respiratory function, which can improve lung function.

Second, lung cancer patients should completely refrain from smoking. It is never too late for lung cancer patients to quit smoking.

3. Avoid going to crowded or air-polluted public places to avoid external and respiratory infections.

4. Be sure to pay attention to the fresh air in the environment, get more contact with the natural environment, and exercise in the natural environment, which will be beneficial to recovery from the illness.

5. Eat less irritating food and food that produces phlegm and hurts the lungs, such as hot peppers, raw onions and garlic, fatty meat, etc.; eat more food rich in vitamin A and C and food that clears and moistens the lungs, such as lily, trillium, fried almonds, ginkgo, walnut kernels, pears, carrots, grapes, etc.