How to choose diet after skin cancer removal

Skin cancer is a disease that many people are afraid of. Currently, the most effective medical treatment for this disease is surgery. So, what should skin cancer patients pay attention to in their diet after surgery? Let's listen to what the following article says.

1. Diet for skin cancer patients after surgery

After skin cancer surgery, Qi is consumed and blood is injured. It is advisable to eat more Qi-replenishing and blood-nourishing foods, such as polished rice, lentils, jujube, longan, lychee, mushrooms, quail eggs, carrots, yam, lotus root starch porridge, beans, etc. We should do everything possible to increase the patient's appetite, change the variety of dishes frequently, and pay attention to the color, aroma and flavor of the dishes. Let the patient maintain a sufficient protein intake. Cancer is a wasting disease, especially a lot of protein consumption. Eat lean pork, beef, rabbit meat or chicken and duck poultry frequently. If the patient hates greasy meat, you can change to non-meat foods rich in protein, such as cheese, egg pancakes, salted duck eggs, etc. Avoid eating foods that are difficult to digest. Eat more easily digestible foods such as boiled, stewed, and steamed foods, and eat less fried foods. Eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins and other foods that help fight cancer, such as asparagus, kelp, seaweed, onions, garlic, mushrooms, etc.

2. Diet for skin cancer patients during radiotherapy

Radiotherapy has many side effects, such as mucosal damage, bone marrow suppression, leukopenia, etc. Diet care is very important. Generally, patients should be given liquid or semi-liquid food, and the amount and frequency should be increased or decreased according to the condition, and should not be forced. Radiotherapy consumes yin fluid, so it is advisable to add some sweet and cool foods that nourish yin and promote body fluid to the diet, such as lotus root juice, pear juice, sugarcane juice, water chestnuts, loach, kiwi, banana, grapes, loach, sea cucumber, sugarcane porridge, etc. For patients with poor tolerance, intravenous high nutrition can be given to supplement the severe consumption in the body.

3. Diet for skin cancer patients during chemotherapy

Choose walnut kernels, mulberries, white fungus, mushrooms, water chestnuts, rice porridge, eels, etc. During chemotherapy, while killing tumor cells, it is inevitable that normal cells will be damaged to a certain extent, resulting in corresponding toxic and side effects, such as decreased immune function, leukopenia, gastrointestinal mucosal ulcers, and hair loss. During chemotherapy, both qi and blood are damaged, so it is advisable to take qi-nourishing products regularly, and choose walnut kernels, mulberries, white fungus, mushrooms, water chestnuts, rice porridge, eels, etc.; it is advisable to supplement high-protein foods, such as milk, lean meat, fish, animal liver, red dates, red beans, etc. River crabs, eels, black fish, beef, etc. can also help increase white blood cells. If you have loss of appetite and indigestion, you can add spleen-strengthening and appetizing foods, such as hawthorn, white lentils, radishes, mushrooms, tangerine peel, etc.

The above are some dietary precautions given by experts for skin cancer patients after surgery. Patients must follow the advice of experts and eat more of the above-mentioned ingredients. This is very helpful for the patient's physical recovery. I hope everyone can learn from it.