Postoperative care for patients with tongue cancer

It is a pleasant thing for the family to eat hot pot together on weekends or holidays, but it is not best to eat the boiling hot pot immediately. Being too hot will affect oral health. Many people will suffer from tongue cancer because of this. Patients with tongue cancer generally need surgery. How to care for them after the surgery? There are many methods for postoperative care of tongue cancer patients.

First, pay attention to adjusting your diet. Cancer patients should try to increase their appetite during the recovery period. The food should be light, with a combination of meat and vegetables, coarse and fine foods, and a combination of coarse and fine foods. The food should not be monotonous or too greasy, but should be easy to digest and absorb. When eating, the environment should be relaxed, the mood should be happy, and you should not be partial to certain foods, not eat too much, and not overeat.

Second, you should have a regular life, not stay in bed, not overwork, and not act according to your temper. A regular life can keep the body in a normal working state, so that the recurrence and metastasis of the tumor will have no chance to take advantage.

Third, you should be energetic, optimistic, and have a colorful life. This may help you win the battle against cancer. If you are mentally stressed, emotionally fragile, or easily emotionally volatile, you will have trouble sleeping and eating, and your body's ability to fight cancer will decrease, leading to worsening of the disease.

Fourth, you should do proper physical exercise. Improving your physical fitness will naturally enhance your ability to fight cancer. Patients can choose activities such as walking, jogging, Tai Chi, swordplay, swimming, etc. according to their physical condition. The amount of exercise should be moderate without feeling tired.

Fifth, other complications should be actively treated. Since cancer patients generally have weak constitutions and are often accompanied by complications such as upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, enteritis, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc., active treatment should be carried out during the recovery period.

The above nursing methods are relatively common and effective methods. Patients and their families should understand the above nursing methods.