How to relieve the pain of patients with advanced bile duct cancer

How to relieve the pain of patients with advanced bile duct cancer? Although the early symptoms of bile duct cancer are not very obvious, if it reaches the late stage, the cancer cells will metastasize to multiple organs, which will cause great pain to the patients. In particular, the pain is often unbearable for the patients. So how to relieve the pain of patients with advanced bile duct cancer?

Nursing methods to alleviate the pain of patients with advanced cholangiocarcinoma

Morning care: It can promote blood circulation and maintain oral hygiene, making patients feel clean and comfortable, which is conducive to preventing complications. It can provide a basis for diagnosis, treatment and formulation of nursing plans by observing the progression of the disease. The content includes: cleaning of the mouth, face, hands, feet, skin, bed unit, as well as hair combing (shaving for male patients) and massaging of pressure points.

Night care: It can make the patient comfortable, clean and promote sleep. After dinner, the patient will be given a night care. The content includes: in addition to repeating the morning care content, wiping the patient's back and buttocks, soaking feet with hot water; female patients will wash the perineum, cut fingernails (toenails), make the bed and keep warm.

Assist the patient with meals: urinate first, wash hands, support the patient's waist with a quilt or a large pillow, place hands on the dining table of the bed, assist the patient with meals, wash hands after meals and tidy up the items.

Combination treatment with traditional Chinese medicine

For patients with advanced bile duct cancer, surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are not suitable for many of them. Traditional Chinese medicine is the main treatment method. Modern research on traditional Chinese medicine has found that ginsenoside Rh2 has a good anti-cancer effect. At the same time, it can greatly improve the body's immunity and improve some symptoms. It can reduce the symptoms of skin itching, jaundice, nausea, vomiting, etc.