Nursing experience before and after thyroid cancer surgery

Good health is what we all hope for, because it is the foundation of our happy life. We all know that cancer is an important factor affecting health, among which thyroid cancer is one with a relatively high incidence rate. Here I will introduce to you the care experience before and after thyroid cancer surgery.

After suffering from thyroid cancer, most patients are prone to fear due to factors such as insufficient understanding of their own disease, fear of examination and treatment, and concerns about the effectiveness of surgery. We can talk to patients in a friendly manner to reassure them, so as to eliminate their dissatisfaction and irritability; provide patients with a quiet and comfortable environment to avoid various adverse stimuli; explain the safety and necessity of surgery to help patients build confidence in defeating the disease; give sedatives to those who are overly nervous or insomniac as prescribed by the doctor, and guide patients to master methods to eliminate fear, such as listening to music, reading, taking walks, and talking to roommates, so that patients can eliminate their fear, adapt to the ward environment, and actively cooperate with preoperative treatment and care, so that they can have good confidence in their recovery after surgery.

Before the operation, stabilize the patient's nervousness and anxiety, reduce psychological stimulation, fully understand their psychological condition, and explain, enlighten and comfort them in a targeted manner to prevent the occurrence of thyroid crisis. Before the operation, give propranolol to patients with a faster heart rate, and give diazepam and some symptomatic treatment to patients with mental tension, so that the patient's basic condition before the operation is stabilized with a heart rate below 90 beats/minute.

After surgery, patients may worry about changes in their condition, complications from surgery, or postoperative recovery. You can comfort the patient and ask him to rest more and maintain a good mental state to promote the healing and recovery of postoperative trauma.

The most common complication of thyroid cancer is thyroid crisis. When thyroid crisis occurs, patients should be given adequate psychological and spiritual care and timely symptomatic treatment. While closely observing the condition, patients should be distracted to eliminate their tension, anxiety, fear and other negative emotions.

Most thyroid cancer patients experience pain symptoms, and patients can be guided to use relaxation techniques or self-hypnosis to reduce their sensitivity to pain. It can be seen that psychotherapy for thyroid cancer plays an increasingly important role in the treatment and development of thyroid cancer. Maintaining an optimistic mental state and a healthy psychological state plays a positive role in the treatment and prevention of thyroid cancer.

I hope that through the above understanding of the care of thyroid cancer patients, everyone can know that patients with thyroid cancer are generally very nervous and anxious. Therefore, when caring for thyroid cancer patients, we must first take good care of the patient's psychology so that the patient can maintain a positive attitude and a happy mood. I hope that patients with thyroid cancer can recover soon.