Diet during radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

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NPC patients must pay attention to some details in the treatment period. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a cancer disease that people are paying more attention to. Because nasopharyngeal carcinoma incidence rate is increasing in our lives, so people also feel the terrible disease, and also want to know more about the disease. We know that nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be treated by radiotherapy. What should nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients pay attention to during radiotherapy?

Diet during radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

1. Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma should drink more water, light drinks, juice, milk, etc. The staple food should be semi liquid food or soft rotten food. The non-staple food should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, especially carrots, water chestnuts, radishes, tomatoes, lotus roots, pears, oranges, lemons, hawthorn and other fruits. The food taste should be light and sweet, and it is not suitable to drink too much raw cold, so as not to hurt the stomach. The mouth contains plum, Siraitia grosvenorii, olive, green fruit, etc., which can stimulate saliva secretion and reduce the symptoms of dryness. 　　　　

2. The diet should be matched with complementary food, less use of raw dampness and phlegm resolving, greasy and heavy turbidity, fat and sweet alcohol brewing, can choose to have the effect of phlegm dispersing food, such as kelp, Porphyra, Gracilaria lemaneiformis, jellyfish and so on. In case of dizziness, deafness, bitter mouth, irritability and other symptoms of liver fire, it is advisable to choose the products of clearing liver and purging heat, nourishing yin and latent yang to alleviate the symptoms, such as chrysanthemum instead of tea, fried cassia seed coffee, Kudingcha, huanghuacai, balsam pear, medlar seedling, plum, abalone, mustard, etc.

3. Most patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma have deficiency of Qi and blood, inflammation of toxic fire, and poor appetite. Therefore, diet should stimulate appetite during radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and increasing intake is the fundamental measure to ensure treatment. Therefore, it is advisable to choose the food which is easy to digest, nutritious, good in color and flavor, such as porridge, soup, soup, juice, etc. In addition, the diet should be moistened, fragrant and turbid, such as ice sugar Yimi congee, coriander stewed carp, fresh pomegranate, fresh plum, Guanggan, citron, pineapple, green plum, water chestnut, white pear, etc. At ordinary times, the mouth contains Tibetan green fruits and fresh mountain plants, which have the functions of anti-inflammatory, sterilization, clearing throat and promoting body fluid.

matters needing attention

Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma should avoid spicy and hot food, such as not eating hot pepper, pepper, fennel, leek, mustard, mutton, dog spine, venison, sparrow meat, shrimp and crab. They should be careful with mustard, use less hot tonics, and abstain from tobacco and alcohol, so as not to generate heat and help fire.