What are the nursing measures for small cell lung cancer

What are the nursing measures for small cell lung cancer? There are many ways to treat small cell lung cancer, and chemotherapy is often used clinically. However, this treatment method will cause harm to the patient's body, which requires effective care for the patient. Today, let's take a look at what are the nursing measures for small cell lung cancer?

1. The nursing work of chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer cannot ignore the care of diet. Many chemotherapy drugs will cause gastrointestinal reactions when used, such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Therefore, during chemotherapy, patients should eat in moderation and with light taste, so as not to increase the burden on the digestive tract. Strengthening nutrition can be done after the chemotherapy reaction process. Pay attention to oral hygiene, and the food should be soft and less residue to avoid damaging the mucosa and causing oral ulcers.

2. Reducing exposure to the sun is also part of the chemotherapy care for small cell lung cancer. Some chemotherapy drugs, such as fluorouracil, will make the patient's skin sensitive to sunlight for a certain period of time after taking the drugs, causing the skin color to darken significantly. Therefore, it is not advisable to expose the patient to the sun too much when using such drugs.

3. Prevention of infection is also an important part of chemotherapy care for small cell lung cancer. Carbuncle can cause a decrease in white blood cells, especially granulocytes, and can also suppress immune function to varying degrees, often making patients susceptible to a variety of infections without knowing it, so we need to be vigilant about this.

4. Rational use of drugs. Currently, many cancer patients take both Chinese and Western medicines, and there are too many types. While taking chemotherapy drugs, they often also take antipyretic and analgesic drugs, sleeping pills, nutritional tonics, antibiotics, etc.

5. Many chemotherapy drugs need to be injected intravenously or dripped. Some of these drugs cannot overflow from the blood vessels, otherwise they will stimulate normal tissues and cause local inflammation or even ulceration, adding unnecessary pain. Therefore, when the nurse is injecting or dripping the drug, the patient should try to keep the injection site as little as possible to prevent the needle from slipping out of the blood vessel.