Lung cancer radiotherapy symptom nursing?

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Early radiotherapy is the best method for lung cancer patients. At the same time, the side effects of radiotherapy also bring certain discomfort to patients, such as cough aggravation, eating sore throat and dryness, and even some patients also cause diarrhea during radiotherapy. So how should family properly do nursing work for patients during radiotherapy? Now let's talk about it.

Lung cancer radiotherapy symptom nursing?

During radiotherapy, lung cancer patients often have malnutrition, poor gastrointestinal absorption, weight loss, low immune function and other symptoms. In addition to rehydration, they should also pay attention to increasing nutrition. The diet should be in line with the preferences of patients, mainly high nutrition and easy to digest food. Eat more fresh vegetables, beans, eggs, do not eat stimulating food.

Lung cancer patients will have hair loss, local skin itching and other diseases after 3 to 4 weeks of radiotherapy. During the radiotherapy of lung cancer, the nursing should pay attention to protect the skin of the radiation field, check whether the radiation field mark is clear, avoid cold and hot stimulation at ordinary times, and prevent sun exposure and hand grasping. Pay attention to observe whether there is muscle atrophy in patients with lung cancer. Move the limbs regularly, turn over and wipe the back regularly, so as to avoid the generation of bedsore.

Once lung cancer patients understand their own condition, they often have negative emotions such as fear and anxiety, resulting in excessive tension of the central nervous system, weakening the human immune function and aggravating the disease. During the radiotherapy of lung cancer, family members need to communicate with patients more, dredge their psychology, understand the ideological trends of patients, and eliminate their fear in time.

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Through the understanding of these aspects, we have a certain understanding of the nursing work during the radiotherapy of lung cancer. The effect of radiotherapy has a direct relationship with the patient's physique, so we should strengthen nutrition, which can enhance the patient's body immunity. During the radiotherapy, the side effects will be relatively reduced, and the pain to the patient will also be reduced.