What should be paid attention to in the diet of liver cancer patients? How should the psychology of liver cancer patients be adjusted?

Liver cancer patients should have a health awareness, stay away from factors that harm health, and pay attention to daily dietary taboos. The diagnosis of liver cancer is very painful for liver cancer patients. Faced with a malignant tumor like liver cancer, how can we be sure that it is a tumor? Some patients often have the possibility of misdiagnosis in this regard. We ask experts on liver cancer to talk about how to diagnose liver cancer and avoid tragedy. How to diagnose liver cancer? Among them, the most commonly used is imaging examination: 1. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): T1 and T2 relaxation times are prolonged in liver cancer. In more than half of the cases, the tumor shows a lower signal intensity or equal signal intensity than the surrounding liver tissue on the T1-weighted image, while it shows a high signal intensity on the T1-weighted image. 2. CT: Among various imaging examinations, CT can best reflect the pathological morphology of the liver, such as the size, shape, location, number of lesions, and the presence or absence of hemorrhage and necrosis in the lesions. The invasiveness of the lesion can be understood from the edge of the lesion, and the invasion of the portal vein can be understood from the cancer thrombus and the invasion of the portal vein. CT is considered to be the preferred non-invasive diagnostic method to supplement ultrasound imaging to estimate the range of lesions. 3. Real-time ultrasound imaging (US): Ultrasound imaging is widely used in clinical practice for its high sensitivity in showing lesions of solid soft tissue organs and its low impact on human tissues, as well as its low cost. As small liver cancers gradually increase in size, ultrasound imaging shows that the internal echoes change from low echoes to high echoes and mixed echoes. Tumors with a diameter of less than 2 cm often have low echoes and nodules; those with a diameter of 2 to 3 cm show low echoes with the same frequency as the surrounding echoes; those with a diameter of 3 to 5 cm are mostly peripheral low echoes; and those with a diameter of more than 5 cm are mostly high echoes or mixed echoes. Three dietary taboos for liver cancer patients Taboo 1: Liver cancer patients cannot eat pickled foods Experts say: The pickled foods sold outside, the amount of preservatives, the pickling or fermentation process, and the safety of the transportation process, etc., will affect the production of mold, and the bacteria produced may cause cancer. Therefore, liver cancer patients are often warned to stay away from pickled foods. She suggested that it is better to choose fresh ingredients or pickle them yourself. If you want to buy pickled foods outside, it is better to understand the production process first. Taboo 2: Eating meat is prone to cancer in patients with liver disease. Some patients with liver disease will learn from books that red meat is not suitable or cannot be eaten because meat is acidic and prone to cancer. This also makes nutritionists laugh and cry. Expert explanation: Although red meat is acidic, the body still needs nutrients such as iron and protein contained in meat. Just eat more alkaline foods to balance the acidity of meat. Taboo 3: 1 to 2 cups of coffee a day, prone to liver cancer. Recently, the National Cancer Center found that drinking 1 to 2 cups of coffee a day increases the incidence of liver cancer because coffee contains a large amount of antioxidants. These compounds help inhibit the potential role of liver cancer. Experts remind that coffee contains some antioxidants, but it also contains caffeine. Drinking coffee for antioxidants will lead to insomnia and reduced immunity, which is really not worth the loss. Even if there are no side effects such as insomnia and palpitations, it is not advisable to exceed 2 cups a day, otherwise it may disrupt your daily routine or damage your stomach. How should patients with liver cancer adjust their psychology? 1. Suspicion: Once patients learn that they have cancer, they will be restless, seek confirmation from many sources, feel nervous, and be suspicious. Therefore, medical staff should be cautious in their words and deeds, find out the purpose of the patient's inquiry, answer the patient's questions scientifically and tactfully, and not speak directly to reduce the degree of shock to the patient, so as not to lose confidence in the treatment. 2. Fear: Patients know for sure that they have cancer, and they often show fear, despair, loss of hope for life, and worry about their loved ones. Nurses should sympathize with patients, give comfort, encourage patients to actively accept treatment, so as not to delay the disease, and emphasize the role of psychology in the disease, and encourage patients to accept treatment with a positive attitude. 3. Pessimism: When patients confirm that they have cancer, they will feel pessimistic and disappointed, which is manifested as more disappointment than expectation, depression, and unhappiness. At this time, nurses should give care, explain that the disease is being treated, and emphasize that a good mood is conducive to the prognosis of the disease. 4. Recognition: After a period of time, patients begin to accept the fact that they have the disease, their hearts are gradually clear and stable, they are willing to accept treatment, and hope for treatment. Nurses should apply suggestive therapy in a timely manner, publicize the significance of treatment, and eliminate unfavorable factors for treatment, such as social factors, family factors, etc. 99 Nutritionists kindly remind patients with liver disease to relax themselves, avoid excessive mood swings, eat a complete and balanced diet, be clean and hygienic, and eat less greasy food.