What to eat in the advanced stage of lung cancer? Dietary considerations after surgery for advanced lung cancer

Patients with advanced lung cancer must eat some soft food and try to avoid eating hard and indigestible foods. In addition, the diet after surgery should be mainly liquid or semi-liquid food. This will be more conducive to the patient's digestion and absorption, and will also have a good effect on the body's recovery. In normal times, you should also try to eat more fruits and vegetables, which will have a good effect on the body.

Lung cancer is a very common cancer and also a type of malignant tumor. The mortality rate has always been relatively high. Therefore, after confirming lung cancer, active symptomatic treatment should be carried out. Generally, surgical treatment is required as soon as possible in the early and middle stages. In the late stages, the surgical effect will not be very good. So, what should you eat in the late stage of lung cancer, and what should you pay attention to in dietary conditioning after surgery.

1. Generally, lung cancer patients in the early and middle stages can undergo surgical treatment. If surgery is performed at this time, the treatment effect is better. As long as you take good care of yourself for a period of time after the operation, the diet of postoperative patients needs to be reasonably matched. You must eat some foods that can improve your physical fitness, enhance your resistance and prevent or delay the occurrence of cachexia, such as: high-quality protein, carbohydrates, fats, inorganic salts and multiple vitamins, etc. As long as it is food containing these nutrients, you can consume more of them. In addition, patients can also eat more foods that nourish yin and moisten the lungs, relieve cough and stop bleeding, such as: lily, water chestnut, etc., and lotus root nodes, lotus seeds, persimmons, pears, yam, etc., all have the effect of relieving cough and stopping bleeding, and eating some yin-nourishing foods such as gecko, tortoise shell paste, turtle meat, glutinous rice, etc. will also have certain benefits.

2. Patients with advanced lung cancer must eat lighter foods. They can eat some protein-rich foods, such as milk, eggs, lean meat, animal liver, soy products, etc., and they can eat more common seasonal fresh vegetables and fruits. Just pay attention to your diet and don't overeat. Develop a good habit of eating small meals. Avoid eating some pickled foods and some expired foods. Also avoid eating smoked, grilled, pickled, fried and overly salty foods.

Finally, it is better for patients with lung cancer to have a combination of coarse and fine grains in their staple food, so as to effectively ensure the nutritional balance of the patient's body intake, avoid being picky about food, anorexia, etc., and they must eat at regular times and in regular amounts, so that they can digest better. During this period, they also need to actively control their condition. It is best to use Chinese medicine conditioning, which will be helpful to the patient's body.