What to do after osteosarcoma is cured to prevent recurrence

After osteosarcoma surgery, you should not be afraid, try to keep a calm mind, do appropriate functional exercises, avoid muscle atrophy, etc. Surgery is not the end, and post-operative care is also crucial. Take good care of your daily life. So, let's take a look at how to prevent recurrence after osteosarcoma is cured.

Oncologists say that in order to effectively prevent the recurrence of osteosarcoma, patients should remember the following points after surgery:

1. Observe vital signs and wound bleeding, especially for amputees.

2. Observe the distal blood flow and activity of the operated limb.

3. Pay attention to bed rest and try not to move too much or too early.

4. Keep the drainage tube unobstructed and the drainage bag should be lower than the wound. Observe and record the amount and nature of the drainage fluid.

5. Pain care: Pain seriously affects the patient's body and mind, affects sleep, and is not conducive to the patient's recovery, so active pain relief is required.

6. Diet care: After the operation, the patient is temporarily fasting or eating liquid or semi-liquid food according to his/her condition. Afterwards, the patient is encouraged to eat high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin and easily digestible food, eat more fruits and vegetables, and drink plenty of water.

7. Daily care: For orthopedic patients, especially those who have to stay in bed for a long time after surgery, nursing staff should strengthen their inspections, assist patients in washing and defecation, and provide skin care twice a day. If conditions permit, assist in turning over, patting the back, washing hair and taking a bath.

8. Functional exercise: Encourage patients to perform functional exercise within the permitted range to prevent muscle atrophy, joint stiffness and venous thrombosis. 48 hours after surgery, start exercising muscle contraction and relaxation, and prohibit activities that affect bone and muscle stability. 3 weeks after surgery, joints distal and proximal to the surgical site can be moved, but without weight bearing. 6 weeks after surgery, perform whole body and key joint activities, gradually increase the intensity, and can be supplemented with physical therapy, massage, etc.

In order to better prevent the recurrence of osteosarcoma, in addition to daily care, follow-up treatment should also be carried out according to the patient's own situation. The commonly used follow-up treatment method in clinical practice is traditional Chinese medicine. Through comprehensive conditioning, the patient's postoperative discomfort symptoms can be alleviated. The analysis of the patient's whole body by traditional Chinese medicine can not only inhibit the recovery of cancer, but also enhance physical health, timely conditioning, and reduce the chance of disease onset. Traditional Chinese medicine has relatively little damage to normal cells in the body, so there are generally no side effects after treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine treats the patient's own situation based on syndrome differentiation, prescribes the right medicine for the right condition, and integrates various treatments into one. The purpose is to kill a large number of cancer cells, maintain the body's immune function, and provide prerequisites for cancer recovery, improving the quality of life, and prolonging life.

① Improve symptoms: It can relieve pain, improve symptoms, change the patient's living status, improve the quality of life, and effectively inhibit recurrence and metastasis. Focus on fighting cancer and strengthening the body, combine syndrome differentiation and treatment, prescribe the right medicine for the right disease, adopt personalized treatment plans, and improve symptoms to the greatest extent.

②Control the disease: Cancer cells are effectively killed, the development of the tumor is controlled, the physical condition is strengthened, and preparation for surgical treatment is made.

③ Tumor inhibition: It has a high tumor inhibition and reversal effect on malignant tumors, reduces the size of tumors, inhibits small metastatic lesions, prevents further spread of cancer cells, improves the body's internal environment, and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

④ Prevent recurrence and metastasis: Consolidation treatment is essential to keep the patient's body in the best condition at all times, thus greatly reducing the chance of recurrence and metastasis.

⑤ Prolong life: It can truly reduce pain, alleviate symptoms, improve quality of life, effectively inhibit recurrence and metastasis, and prolong life.

9. Check again every 3-6 months to detect tumor recurrence or metastasis at an early stage.

To sum up, after surgery, patients should receive daily care and follow-up treatment according to their own conditions, so as to better help patients recover their health as soon as possible. In order to eliminate osteosarcoma from the root, we also need to do a good job of prevention in our daily lives. I wish you all good health.