What foods do elderly people with tongue cancer usually eat

The elderly are a relatively vulnerable group. When people get old, their teeth may be bad, so they prefer relatively soft food. Of course, some elderly people still like to eat something that is hard to chew. After all, no one will like to eat the same thing all the time. So what kind of food do elderly people with tongue cancer usually eat? Next, let’s talk about it.

Tongue cancer is a malignant tumor that occurs in the tongue and has high requirements for daily diet. Adjusting the diet of tongue cancer patients is an essential part of the treatment process. Reasonable dietary care can promote the patient's early recovery and reduce the occurrence of other complications.

Here are some foods that are suitable for elderly people with tongue cancer:

1. The diet should be mainly fresh, easy to digest, and rich in high-quality protein, vitamins, and minerals. Fresh vegetables and fruits are a must for every meal.

2. Eat more foods that have certain anti-cancer effects, such as cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, asparagus, beans, mushrooms, sea cucumber, shark, etc.

3. Choose foods that have the effect of softening and dispersing lumps: jellyfish, seaweed, mussels, sea cucumber, abalone, cuttlefish, kelp, turtle, red bean, radish, shepherd's purse, water chestnut, shiitake mushroom, etc. However, these foods are greasy and easy to hurt the spleen and stomach. Eat less when you have poor appetite or fever.

4. Choose different foods for different body types. People with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi can eat pigeon, quail, eggs, jujube, longan, ginger, and garlic.

According to the patient's digestive capacity, eat small and frequent meals, mix coarse and fine foods, eat liquid food, alternate between soft and hard food, and switch between sweet and salty food. Create a pleasant atmosphere when eating, eat with relatives as much as possible, and avoid adverse stimulation such as oil smoke before eating. During the interval between radiotherapy and chemotherapy, take advantage of the opportunity when the patient's appetite improves to supplement nutrition.

The above are some foods that elderly patients with tongue cancer should eat more of. Dietary health care is very helpful to cancer patients, so a healthy diet can help alleviate cancer symptoms and accelerate disease recovery.