What to eat after brain tumor operation

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Growth in intracranial tumors commonly known as brain tumors, patients should pay attention to diet after surgery, so what to eat after brain tumor surgery? Here is an introduction.

What to eat after brain tumor operation

Eat light. Postoperative patients are very weak, digestive function seriously decreased, often appear anorexia, anorexia greasy situation, so, the patient's diet should be light.

Take vitamin C. Due to the serious lack of nutrients in the body, vitamin C has a very good anti-cancer effect. It is very helpful for the health of patients to eat fresh fruits and vegetables and take as many vitamins and nutrients as possible, especially vitamin C.

It is suitable to eat foods with the function of protecting intracranial blood vessels: celery, shepherd's purse, chrysanthemum brain, water bamboo, sunflower seed, kelp, jellyfish, oyster, clam. Should eat anti-tumor food, such as wheat, job's tears, water chestnut, jellyfish, asparagus, fried gecko, fried scorpion, fried centipede, fried silkworm pupa, horseshoe crab, kelp.

matters needing attention

First, get enough sleep. To ensure more than 8 hours of sleep. Second, moderate exercise. The most simple is to walk, generally about 15 minutes each time, 2 ~ 3 times a day. The speed should be slow, with slight sweating and heart rate of 110 ~ 120 times per minute. Thirdly, the diet should be balanced, eat more light and easy to digest food, drink more water, in order to facilitate the unobstructed stool, and avoid the increase of intracranial pressure caused by constipation. Finally, we should pay attention to the weather changes to prevent colds. Different brain tumor rehabilitation methods are also very different. For example, after pituitary tumor resection, sneezing and blowing nose should be avoided. Do basic nursing well. Those who can not eat or comatose patients should strengthen oral care to prevent oral infection. Oral care can be given with 0.05% chlorhexidine or normal saline. After operation, attention should be paid to turning over, buttoning back and massaging the skin of the pressure parts to prevent bedsore and pneumonia. After operation, the elderly should pay attention to exercise their lower limbs and give warm water bath and massage to their muscles every day to prevent venous thrombosis or phlebitis And to prevent constipation, do not force defecation and cough. In addition, the resistance of patients after brain tumor operation is reduced, so we should prevent infection, keep personal and environment clean, pay attention to diet hygiene, and drink more water to speed up the excretion of toxins.