Recuperation after gastric cancer operation

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After the operation of gastric cancer, we need to recuperate for a period of time. The patients after the operation are in poor health. After a period of time, they will get better. My uncle just had the operation of gastric cancer, and now he is still recuperating at home. We should pay attention to the diet and life. Let's tell you how to recuperate after the operation of gastric cancer.

Recuperation after gastric cancer operation

First: after gastric cancer surgery, if the diet is adjusted well, the patients will recover faster. In the early stage after surgery, they should eat in the order of water, clear flow, liquid food, half flow, soft food and common food. Liquid diet to rice soup, egg soup, vegetable soup, lotus root powder is appropriate, should avoid food that will induce flatulence. Semi liquid diet should choose high protein, high calorie, high vitamin, low fat, fresh and digestible food.

Second, because only a small part of stomach remains after radical gastrectomy or jejunal interposition after total gastrectomy, the eating capacity is significantly reduced. Only by increasing the number of meals can we make up for the lack of food and meet the body's demand for nutrients. Therefore, patients should develop good eating habits, regular eating time, regular and quantitative meals, insist on eating less and more meals, 5-6 meals a day is appropriate.

Third: after surgery, patients with gastrointestinal discomfort, it is better to eat less. When patients eat rough and indigestible food, they should chew slowly; if they want to eat soup or drinks, they should pay attention to the separation of dry and thin, and try to eat soup before or 30 minutes after meals, so as to prevent the food from being discharged too quickly and affecting digestion and absorption; when eating, patients can take a semi reclining position or have meals In order to prolong the emptying time of food and make it fully digested and absorbed, we should rest in the back lying position.

matters needing attention

Patients with gastric cancer after surgery should pay attention to dietary calcium, drink a glass of milk before going to bed at night, not only to help sleep but also calcium, usually also eat more calcium containing foods, a variety of bean products, dairy products and oatmeal, cabbage, cabbage, carrots, celery, pumpkin, radish, spinach, gourd, leek, dandelion, wax gourd, some nuts and seed foods are also high in calcium Such as dried almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds, and fruits such as oranges.