What are the daily care methods for lung cancer? 3 daily care methods for lung cancer

After lung cancer treatment, patient care is very important. The surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy used in the treatment bring significant results, but also cause harm to the patient's body, which seriously damages the patient's vitality and is not conducive to physical recovery. Therefore, patients should pay special attention to conditioning and nursing. Let's take a look at the detailed introduction of the daily care methods for lung cancer.

1. Prevention of bedsores: Patients with advanced lung cancer are bedridden for a long time, with edema all over their body, which makes bedsores very easy to develop, and they spread rapidly and are difficult to cure. It is particularly important to prevent bedsores. Family members should pay attention to assisting patients to change their positions frequently, reduce local pressure, and avoid long-term pressure on the body. Help patients to scrub their skin frequently to keep their skin clean and dry.

2. Prevent infection: Fever is one of the main symptoms of lung cancer. Lung cancer patients should pay attention to keeping warm, preventing colds and pneumonia. When patients have persistent coughs, they can drink hot water to relieve irritation in the throat. If they cough up blood, they should be given hemostatic drugs. If they cough up a lot of blood, notify the doctor immediately.

3. Psychological care: Due to the disease and family economic factors, lung cancer patients are under great psychological pressure, especially those in the late stage of lung cancer, who may have anxiety, fear, sadness, and often appear indifferent and lonely. Family members should pay attention to communicating more with patients, encourage patients to express their feelings, provide timely guidance, reduce patients' psychological burden, and actively treat the disease.

This article introduces in detail the daily care of lung cancer. You should know how to provide care. The care of lung cancer patients is mainly to alleviate the condition, reduce the patient's pain, create a comfortable recuperation environment for them, prolong the patient's survival, and improve the daily quality of life of lung cancer patients.