How to do postoperative care for lung cancer? Two points to remember when doing postoperative care for lung cancer

Many patients and their families do not pay attention to care after surgery, which leads to the recurrence of lung cancer. This is very distressing. Here we remind everyone that lung cancer patients must pay attention to care after surgery. Here is how to do postoperative care for lung cancer:

1. Nutritional support methods: In the first few days after lung cancer surgery, gastrointestinal function has not recovered due to anesthesia, stress, intraoperative gastrointestinal management and other reasons. In this case, complete parenteral nutrition support or partial parenteral nutrition support is used. When lung cancer patients are able to swallow and gastrointestinal function gradually recovers, oral nutrition should be used instead, because this is the best way to improve quality of life. You can gradually transition from liquid and semi-liquid food to solid food. Precautions for postoperative care of lung cancer: Foods rich in protein, carbohydrates and vitamins should be given, such as eggs, milk, lean meat, fresh fish, rice porridge, rice, noodles and other staple and non-staple foods, and various vegetables to provide rich vitamins and inorganic salts, which are also essential foods for patients.

2. Smoking ban and regular check-up: After lung cancer surgery, patients should be prohibited from smoking to avoid promoting recurrence. Patients with decreased lung function should be guided to gradually increase their exercise. Squamous cell lung cancer is prone to local invasion and recurrence in the chest cavity after surgery. Precautions for nursing after lung cancer surgery: Always pay attention to whether the patient has fever, severe cough, blood in sputum, shortness of breath, chest pain, headache, vision changes, liver pain, bone pain, supraclavicular lymph node enlargement, hepatomegaly, etc. If the above symptoms are found, go to the hospital for treatment in time. At the same time, patients should go to the hospital regularly for chest examinations and keep fresh sputum to check for cancer cells.

Lung adenocarcinoma or undifferentiated carcinoma is prone to distant metastasis, such as metastasis to lymph nodes, bones, liver, brain and contralateral lung. After surgery, we should always pay attention to the patient's recovery. If there is a recurrence, we should immediately go to the hospital for a doctor's consultation to decide whether to perform radiotherapy or chemotherapy.