What are the dietary precautions after chemotherapy for lung cancer? Pay attention to these two aspects

After chemotherapy for lung cancer, patients need to avoid spicy and irritating foods and fried and greasy foods. They can eat meat with high protein content, kiwi, winter melon, tomatoes and other fresh fruits and vegetables to enhance nutrition. In addition, patients should eat light, soft and rotten food and eat small and frequent meals to avoid aggravating vomiting symptoms.

Chemotherapy is the most common treatment for lung cancer patients. Although it can stabilize the condition to a certain extent, its side effects will irritate the patient's gastrointestinal tract and affect the absorption function. Therefore, special attention should be paid to diet during this stage. The following is a summary of dietary precautions after chemotherapy for lung cancer. Let's take a look!
Foods that should not be eaten after chemotherapy <br/>Many patients will experience gastrointestinal discomfort and diarrhea after chemotherapy. Therefore, spicy foods such as peppers and curry should be avoided in daily diet to avoid irritating the gastrointestinal tract and aggravating the patient's discomfort. Fried foods will cause fat accumulation and increase the digestive burden on the intestines, so they are not recommended. The most important thing to pay attention to is to stop smoking and drinking, add seasonings appropriately, and avoid high-salt foods, so as not to affect the efficacy of chemotherapy and aggravate the onset of the disease.
Foods suitable for consumption after chemotherapy <br/>Lung cancer patients will be weaker after chemotherapy, so they can eat fish, duck, animal liver and other meats with high protein content, as well as fresh fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, winter melon, citrus, kiwi, etc., to relieve the symptoms of loss of appetite and provide proper nutrition. At the same time, they can also eat acidic foods such as hawthorn and citrus to stimulate the appetite and relieve anorexia.
In addition to carefully selecting ingredients, the diet of patients after chemotherapy should be soft and easy to digest. Therefore, they can eat more porridge, rice gruel, soft noodles and tonic soups. However, they should eat light and not too greasy food and gradually increase their food intake in small and frequent meals to avoid excessive eating, which may aggravate gastrointestinal discomfort and cause vomiting or diarrhea. For patients with severe vomiting symptoms that even affect their eating, intravenous nutrient solution can be considered to supplement the body's nutrients.
The above is a brief summary of dietary considerations for patients after lung cancer chemotherapy. In addition to adjusting their daily diet according to the above content, patients and their families should also exercise appropriately to enhance their physical fitness and increase their appetite.