Can liver cancer patients exercise? Several dietary points for liver cancer patients

How should patients with liver cancer be cared for? Some people think that they cannot exercise or do sports after suffering from liver cancer and should rest at home. Is this really the case? In fact, patients with liver cancer can do some exercise on a daily basis. Next, let's take a look at the care and diet of patients with liver cancer.

Nursing advice for liver cancer

Psychological care. In the advanced stage of liver cancer, patients know that they are in the last stage of their lives and cannot accept the reality that they will lose their relatives and friends and leave the world forever. In addition to the adverse reactions during diagnosis and treatment and unbearable cancer pain, they often show great depression and anxiety, irregular life, lack of concentration, loss of appetite and fatigue. Therefore, nurses should try their best to help patients maintain hope, accept treatment, insist on living, provide psychological care, control pain, and improve the quality of patients' last stage of life.

Prevent colds. Cancer patients often have low immunity and resistance, and are prone to colds. Colds are very likely to cause infections, which can cause cancer cells to recur, metastasize, and spread. Therefore, preventing colds is particularly important for cancer patients. A large number of clinical practices have shown that as long as cancer patients do not catch a cold, their condition will not worsen, metastasize, deteriorate, or become fatal. In clinical practice, only 5% of patients actually die from tumors, and the other 95% die from complications.

Do appropriate exercise. Liver cancer patients who can return to work should do so as much as possible (it must be light physical labor). This is because patients are idle at home all day and will always think of themselves as patients, which will increase their mental burden and be detrimental to recovery. Appropriate exercise, returning to work and working with their colleagues, can help them let go of their mental burden to a certain extent, which is good for their health.

Pain care. In the late stage of liver cancer, necrosis of tumor tissue may cause pain in the tumor area. While strengthening the observation of the patient's condition, nurses should also do a good job of comforting the patient. When the pain is intolerable, closely observe the location, nature, and degree of the pain to distinguish it from pain caused by other complications. If necessary, use painkillers as prescribed by the doctor.

Prevent fatigue. Cancer is a wasting disease. Cancer cells constantly erode normal cells in the body, causing the patient's body to fail. Therefore, avoiding physical and mental exhaustion and damage is an important part of patient health care.

Keep a good attitude. Patients should pay attention to maintaining a relatively calm mentality in daily life and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment. As the saying goes, "Anger hurts the liver," so liver cancer patients should pay attention to avoiding excessive emotional fluctuations in daily life. Suffering from primary liver cancer does not mean that you can't do anything. You can do what you can according to your actual situation. You can do some light housework or some light sports activities such as walking, practicing Tai Chi, practicing Qigong, etc., but you should follow the principle of not feeling tired, and you must avoid heavy labor and intense sports activities. Because emotional excitement, heavy physical labor and intense activities may induce hemorrhage in the plica of liver cancer nodules and endanger life. You should know that hemorrhage in the plica of cancer nodules is one of the most common causes of death in liver cancer patients.

At the same time, what should be included in the diet for liver cancer?

Dietary Tips for Liver Cancer

Balanced diet. Liver cancer patients consume a lot of energy, so they must be guaranteed to have adequate nutrition. The simplest way to measure the nutritional status of patients is whether they can maintain their weight. To maintain a normal weight, the best way is to maintain a balanced diet, requiring patients to eat more fresh vegetables, and half of which should be green leafy vegetables.

Vitamin supplementation. Vitamin A, C, E, K, etc. have certain auxiliary anti-tumor effects. Vitamin C is mainly found in fresh vegetables and fruits. Carotene can be converted into vitamin A after entering the human body, so liver cancer patients should eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin C.

Low fat and high protein. A high-fat diet can aggravate the patient's condition, while a low-fat diet can help relieve the patient's symptoms. Because the patient has a poor appetite and eats less, the calories of the meal must be increased and some foods that are easy to digest and absorb must be provided. Such as sucrose, butter and vegetable oil. Liver cancer patients should try to eat some protein-rich foods, especially high-quality proteins, such as lean meat, milk, etc.

The above care and diet for liver cancer is for reference only.