Why is lung cancer prone to recurrence after surgery? This diet can prevent lung cancer recurrence

Nowadays, people are under increasing pressure in life and work. Smoking and drinking have become a means of daily communication. Coupled with air pollution and other reasons, lung cancer has become a relatively common cancer disease, which seriously threatens people's health. Some patients found that lung cancer recurred shortly after surgical treatment. There are many reasons for this. Diet is one of the important reasons. As long as you know how to eat, you can effectively prevent and treat the recurrence of lung cancer.

Lung cancer, as the name implies, is a cancerous lesion that occurs in the lungs. Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers. Not only is the incidence rate high, but the mortality rate is also very high. Therefore, lung cancer is a major "killer" of our health. The occurrence of lung cancer is mainly caused by factors such as smoking, electromagnetic radiation, atmospheric pollution and genetics. The treatment mainly focuses on radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical treatment. Some people can recover after treatment, but most people will relapse after surgery. The reasons are multifaceted.

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1. Incomplete treatment. Cancer cells spread quickly, and patients who may relapse may not have completely eliminated the cancer cells during the last treatment, so they are more likely to relapse.

2. Lax treatment. The process of cancer treatment is long. Some patients fail to take medicine on time or give up on medication due to their own lack of attention or financial reasons, which makes it easy for the cancer to relapse.

3. Caused by bad living habits such as diet. During the long treatment process, patients should develop good living habits, especially in terms of diet. However, some patients may not be able to control themselves and eat junk food such as smoked, fried, pickled food, etc. for a long time, which may also cause relapse.

From the above reasons, it can be seen that diet occupies a relatively important position in the causes of recurrence. Therefore, patients should pay special attention to diet in their daily health care after surgery. Eating right will also have a good auxiliary effect on the condition and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

1. Eat light and easily digestible food. After cancer surgery, it is a period of recovery. Patients should not eat greasy and difficult to digest food. They should eat more light porridge, easily digestible pasta and other foods, and avoid heavy fish and meat.

2. Stick to high-quality protein in your diet. When it comes to light and easy to digest, many people may go to extremes and not eat many nutritious things, mistakenly believing that they are difficult to digest. Protein should be supplemented after surgery to restore physical strength. However, this protein must be high-quality protein, such as eggs, milk, soy products, etc. If you choose meat, try to choose lean meat.

3. Eat a balanced diet. During the recovery period after surgery, cancer patients may not be interested in many foods due to their weak bodies. At this time, they should overcome this and try to consciously balance their nutrition. They should eat everything, but pay attention to the amount and combination. For example, in daily life, fruits, vegetables, meat, and eggs should all be included, and they should not be picky eaters.

4. Eat more foods that can help with lung cancer recurrence. Some foods are rich in certain special substances and can help with certain diseases. For lung cancer patients, eating more garlic, carrots, soybeans, bitter melon, and melons can be very helpful for recovery. Patients can eat more of these foods to prevent lung cancer recurrence.

There are many reasons for the recurrence of lung cancer, so we should pay special attention to various aspects of maintenance in our lives. Especially in terms of diet, the saying "diseases come from the mouth" is not without scientific reason, so we must remember that in daily life, patients should pay special attention to diet, do not eat and drink according to their mood, eat more food that is beneficial to health, do not eat fried or pickled food, go to bed early and get up early, pay attention to exercise, and never smoke or drink. Paying attention to health care may not necessarily prevent recurrence, but it can play a good preventive and therapeutic role and reduce the chance of recurrence.