Attention should be paid after operation for rectal cancer

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Rectal cancer is a disease with high incidence rate in malignant tumors. Moreover, patients with advanced rectal cancer usually have severe symptoms of liver dysfunction, not only bloody stools, but also jaundice and ascites symptoms. Most of the patients with advanced rectal cancer are all swollen. And because the intestinal absorption function is very bad, so most of the patients with rectal cancer will have symptoms of anemia, fatigue and sales, and because of the tumor, they still have symptoms of low fever. About 45 years old is the age of high incidence of rectal cancer, and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to diagnose rectal cancer. Now let's talk about what we should pay attention to after rectal cancer surgery.

Attention should be paid after operation for rectal cancer

First: after intestinal surgery, it is generally necessary to fast for several days according to the doctor's advice according to personal conditions. After intestinal peristalsis recovers and anus exhausts, you can enter liquid food, then semi liquid food, and then less residue common food which is easy to digest, so as to reduce the burden of intestinal tract and facilitate the healing of anastomotic stoma.

Second: to maintain a happy mood and psychological balance, especially for patients who have been given artificial anus, they should have the courage to accept the facts and master the management of new excretion routes. The skin around the artificial anus should be kept clean and dry. They can use talcum powder and zinc oxide ointment to apply on the skin to prevent skin erosion.

Third: rectal cancer surgery, patients often feel bad appetite or abdominal distension and other gastrointestinal discomfort, postoperative drink yogurt can alleviate the above discomfort. Because the balance of intestinal beneficial bacteria is broken after colorectal cancer surgery, and moderate consumption of yogurt can help the intestinal flora return to normal.

matters needing attention

Female patients with menstrual period should strengthen perineal cleaning, in order to prevent infection incision.