How to take good care of patients with pituitary tumors

When we get sick, our body will be much worse than before, and we may need more care from others. When friends around us suffer from pituitary tumors, we must seek medical treatment in time and take care of the patients during the treatment process. Here I will introduce to you how to take care of patients with pituitary tumors.

1. Patient care to solve four major problems: ① self-image disorder; ② changes in comfort; ③ changes in perception - vision; ④ potential complications - pituitary crisis. Self-image disorder is caused by excessive hormone secretion from a functional pituitary tumor. Main manifestations: gigantism, acromegaly, Cushing's disease with heavy melanin, dwarfism, etc.

2. If the skull is removed by hand, care should be taken to avoid bruising the skull defect, avoid strenuous activities, and avoid long-term compression of the wound when sleeping. Pituitary hand: Pay attention to observe whether the patient has symptoms such as headache, nausea, vomiting, fever, etc. Paralyzed bedridden patients should pay attention to turning over and patting their backs every two hours to prevent complications of pneumonia and bedsores. In order to avoid increased intracranial pressure caused by constipation, care should be taken to ensure smooth bowel movements, give enough water, and give laxatives and intestinal moisturizing drugs when necessary.

3. Talk to the patient, encourage the patient to express his or her feelings, and give positive guidance. Encourage the patient to maintain the habit of regular grooming and improve the individual image: appropriate clothing, appropriate grooming. Encourage the patient to strengthen self-cultivation, improve their inner qualities, and dare to face reality. Help the patient adapt to daily life, participate in social activities and interpersonal communication.

After understanding the nursing knowledge about pituitary tumors, if you find factors that threaten the disease in your life in the future, please be sure to effectively eliminate them. In addition, the relevant matters about preventing pituitary tumors introduced in this article can only be said to be a reference for everyone, and it cannot be said that it must be aimed at preventing pituitary tumors for every patient.