How should family members care for a patient with intestinal cancer

Colorectal cancer is a common disease that affects the health of patients. Since it is a malignant tumor, the prognosis is not very good. I hope that friends with digestive tract diseases will have regular physical examinations and actively prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer. Below I will introduce to you the prevention and care measures for colorectal cancer, I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

How to care for family members with colorectal cancer:

Do not change doctors frequently. Since colorectal cancer can be multiple and may recur after surgery, regular check-ups are necessary. Generally, regular check-ups should be conducted every 5 years, and every 3 months in the first 3 years. During each check-up, it is important to have the surgeon or the physician who participated in the surgery examine you as much as possible, because they understand the condition and can handle it more accurately. If there is no special reason, do not change doctors frequently.

Patients should choose appropriate exercise according to their physical condition, such as walking, doing radio gymnastics, and practicing Tai Chi, etc. The amount of exercise should be not too much to feel tired. When exercising, please use a stoma belt to restrain the abdomen to increase the support of the abdomen. It is best to take a shower when bathing. The stoma site can be protected with plastic wrap to prevent sewage from entering the stoma. For young patients, they can have sex appropriately 3 months after colostomy surgery. They can consult a sexual psychologist or colostomy therapist to learn about the posture and skills during sex and how to deal with the stoma site.

Eating more easily digestible and high-fiber foods is an important part of helping patients recover their strength. For patients with colorectal cancer, it is advisable to eat fresh, easily digestible and high-fiber foods, such as fresh vegetables, fresh fish, eggs, pigeons, a small amount of lean meat, etc. Regular and balanced meals, a full variety of foods, and a diet method of chewing slowly can help patients eat well, eat scientifically, and eat healthily.

Experts remind: Although the mortality rate of colorectal cancer in the late stage is very high, as long as we treat colorectal cancer in time in the early and middle stages and pay attention to the daily care of colorectal cancer, we can still control the development of colorectal cancer well. On the contrary, if we give up on ourselves and lose hope in life in the early stages of colorectal cancer, then colorectal cancer will definitely develop to the late stage.