How to eat after esophagectomy?
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The combination of chemotherapy and surgery, radiotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine can sometimes improve the curative effect, or relieve the symptoms and prolong the survival period of patients with esophageal cancer. So what should we pay attention to in diet after operation? Might as well to understand it!
How to eat 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: eat a small amount of food, not until you are hungry, and eat 6-7 times a day according to the situation; Take a proper walk after meal to avoid lying in bed and improve digestion and emptying.
That is, some patients will have the phenomenon of eating vomiting or loss of appetite after surgery, we can choose to eat fresh hawthorn and other food to enhance the appetite of patients with esophageal cancer. Of course, we should not be in a hurry for success. That would be counterproductive. Everything should be adjusted according to the state of the patient. Let the patient get rid of the pain as soon as possible. Generally high protein, high calorie, high vitamin, high trace element 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. It's good for ordinary people to drink health preserving porridge or medicated porridge everyday, not to mention for postoperative patients, which is not only nutritious, but also easier to absorb. Can also be appropriate to eat yogurt, eggs, bean products and other diet.
matters needing attention
Cancer patients are most afraid of cancer cell metastasis and recurrence, so in the postoperative must pay attention to enhance immunity, this is the most critical, not only pay more attention to diet, but also pay attention to the rhythm of life, not easy to get angry, to more sun, keep the mood happy.
