How to take care of the oral cavity during liver cancer treatment? Introduction to oral care principles during liver cancer treatment

As the saying goes, "Diseases come from the mouth." This is not without reason. Many times, we get sick because we don't pay attention to oral hygiene. Therefore, maintaining oral hygiene is an important guarantee for maintaining our health. For liver cancer patients, oral hygiene is even more important. Oral care is also an aspect to ensure the effectiveness of liver cancer treatment.

Oral hygiene is especially important for liver cancer patients. The oral cavity is an important organ of the human body. It is the beginning of the digestive tract and is responsible for important functions such as chewing, tasting, digestion, language, and assisted breathing. Maintaining good oral cavity function is very important for everyone. There are a large number of pathogenic microorganisms (including pathogenic bacteria and non-pathogenic bacteria) in the oral cavity of a normal person. The temperature, humidity and food residues in the oral cavity are suitable for the growth and proliferation of microorganisms. Under normal circumstances, due to the strong resistance of the human body and hygienic measures such as drinking water and mouthwash, it is generally not easy to cause disease.

The condition can be observed from the oral cavity. When the nurse is doing oral care for the patient, he can observe whether the patient's oral mucosa and tongue coating are abnormal (congestion, erosion, ulcer, etc.), understand the condition, and deal with it in time. Therefore, it is very important for patients after liver cancer surgery to maintain oral hygiene and closely cooperate with medical staff to do a good job of oral care.

When performing oral care, all necessary appliances should be prepared. Oral care supplies include treatment towels or towels, dressing bowls (containing rinse solution and cotton balls), cotton swabs, curved hemostatic forceps, Jl tongue plate, flashlight, liquid paraffin (paraffin oil), 1% gentian violet, etc. Commonly used solutions include isotonic saline, Dobell's solution, chlorhexidine (chlorhexidine) solution, etc.

From the above, we can see that oral care is very important for liver cancer patients. Only by ensuring oral hygiene can the treatment effect of liver cancer patients be guaranteed. On the other hand, in the process of oral care, medical staff can also discover oral diseases of patients and treat them in time to make patients more comfortable.