How to care for osteosarcoma in the elderly

I don't know how much you know about osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor. It is caused by blockage of meridians due to improper diet and bad mood. Osteosarcoma is more common in teenagers, but a small number of elderly people also suffer from the disease. While undergoing treatment, we must also pay attention to daily care. The physical constitution and various conditions of the elderly are very different from those of young people. Let us understand together how to care for osteosarcoma in the elderly.

1. Eat a balanced diet

Patients with osteosarcoma must eat a moderate amount of high-calorie, high-protein foods, such as two glasses of milk and an egg a day, an appropriate amount of lean meat or fish, and more fresh vegetables and fruits, especially some foods that are anti-bone marrow disease and osteosarcoma, such as kelp, seaweed, mussels, clams, wakame, almonds, peach kernels, etc. For bone pain, it is advisable to eat tortoise shell, turtle meat, pangolin, oyster, crab, shrimp, and walnuts.

2. Psychological care

Encourage patients and their relatives to face reality, help them take coping measures, and guide psychological adjustment and adaptation. When phantom limb sensation or phantom limb pain occurs, more explanations should be given from a scientific perspective to reduce or eliminate the patient's negative feelings. The patient himself should also cooperate with the doctor's treatment, keep a calm mind, and have the confidence to overcome the disease.

3. Postoperative care after amputation

For some patients with amputation, the incision should be observed in time. If excessive bleeding or infection is found, it should be reported to the doctor immediately. The patient should be guided to exercise the residual limb to increase muscle strength, maintain the range of joint motion, and prepare for the installation of a prosthesis.

4. Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning

During the treatment period of osteosarcoma, some cancer cells have already metastasized and many complications will occur. At this time, necessary Chinese medicine treatment is still indispensable. For example, the triple balance therapy, which is widely used in clinical practice, can not only effectively prevent the metastasis and recurrence of cancer cells, but also improve the patient's immunity and effectively improve the patient's clinical symptoms. Therefore, it is recommended that patients cooperate with Chinese medicine treatment no matter what method is used for treatment. It can alleviate the patient's pain, improve the patient's clinical symptoms, improve the patient's quality of life, and increase the patient's resistance.

The above are the key points of nursing for osteosarcoma patients. In fact, whether for elderly or young patients, it is particularly important to let patients regain their confidence in life. Osteosarcoma patients should combine many aspects, pay attention to treatment, pay attention to diet, maintain a good attitude, so as to better treat the disease.