Diet after esophagectomy

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What is the diet after esophagus cancer operation? Food is the source of energy, esophageal cancer patients should pay close attention to supplement energy, so in order to make patients recover as soon as possible, how to care on diet? Then I'll talk about the diet after esophageal cancer surgery

Diet after esophagectomy

First of all, diet nursing after esophageal cancer surgery is very important. In order to make patients recover as soon as possible, some changes should be made in diet. The normal physiological state of the patient's digestive tract is changed, the stomach is in the chest, and the vagus nerve is cut off, which makes certain changes in the patient's digestive function. Therefore, the dietary habits should be adjusted accordingly: the diet should be a small amount of meals, not wait for hunger to eat, and eat 6-7 times a day according to the situation; take a proper walk after meals to avoid lying in bed and improve digestion and emptying.

Secondly, the food with high protein, high calorie, high vitamin and high trace element is the main food to ensure that patients recover as soon as possible. Fast 2 hours before going to bed at night, raise the head of the bed as high as 15 degrees to avoid gastric reflux.

Finally, the patient happened to be in the traumatic stage of operation, the anastomotic stoma had not healed, the gastrointestinal function had not recovered, and the digestive function was poor. During this period, we can only use nasal feeding, that is, through a very thin and special nutrition tube to the jejunum to transport nutrition.

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The above is the diet after esophageal cancer surgery, esophageal cancer patients should maintain an optimistic and cheerful attitude, reshape the healthy body.