Symptoms after gastrectomy

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Gastric cancer is a serious disease. Many people may have nausea and vomiting after suffering from gastric cancer, and it may also cause stomach pain. Therefore, timely treatment is necessary. Patients with gastric cancer will have the symptoms of emaciation, and some patients will have fever and edema. There are many treatment methods for gastric cancer, It can be treated by surgery or chemotherapy. If recurrence occurs after surgery, we should pay attention to it. Well, let's learn about the symptoms after gastrectomy.

Symptoms after gastrectomy

After surgery, patients with advanced gastric cancer have a great impact on their health. Within 24 hours after surgery, patients need to fast strictly, because intestinal peristalsis has not recovered during this period, and fasting will cause a burden on the body. In addition, family members should also pay attention to giving patients some nutritious food that is easy to digest, This allows nutrients to be better absorbed.

For patients with gastric cancer, it is very dangerous after the middle and late stage of the disease. During this period, patients need to rest in bed for a long time. Family members should also pay attention to do a good job in cleaning the patient's skin, so as to prevent bedsore. In addition, they should frequently change and wash the sheets and quilt covers, and maintain indoor air circulation, These are very helpful for the recovery of the patient's body.

After surgical resection, patients with advanced gastric cancer still need to continue postoperative adjuvant treatment. During this period, because the patient's body immunity is relatively low, it is easy to be infected with bacteria. Therefore, patients also need immunotherapy, which is very important to control the spread of cancer cells. Patients should bear in mind this to prevent postoperative recurrence, We should learn from it.

matters needing attention

The incidence rate of this disease is very high in our daily life. Therefore, it is necessary for us to learn more about this aspect. This will help us cope with the disease.