Nursing methods after colon cancer surgery

Nowadays, surgical treatment of diseases has become a mainstream method. In the treatment of colon cancer, the effect of surgery is generally good. However, surgery can only remove the tumor. Whether it can completely conquer the disease requires effective postoperative care. So what are the common sense of postoperative care for colon cancer?

1. You should gradually develop the habit of regular bowel movements. If you have not had a bowel movement for a few days, you can take laxatives or go to the hospital for an artificial rectal enema. To prevent diarrhea, you should pay attention to food hygiene and eat less fiber foods or raw, cold, and greasy foods.

2. If the patient has weight loss, sacral pain, perineal lumps, abdominal masses, ascites, or liver enlargement, he should go to the hospital for treatment in time to detect metastasis early.

3. It is advisable to sleep in the side-lying position in the early stage after the operation, with one side of the artificial anus on top, so as to avoid feces contaminating the wound and causing infection. The skin around the artificial anus should be kept clean. After each bowel movement, it should be cleaned with warm water and coated with vaseline ointment to protect the skin. The artificial anus should be expanded regularly with fingers wearing finger cots. When the stool becomes thinner, expansion is more necessary.

4. For patients who have undergone anal reconstruction surgery, the artificial anus has no sphincter and has an abnormal odor all over the body, which often causes mental burden to the patients. Therefore, more explanations and encouragement should be given, and the patients should be helped and guided to take good care of the artificial anus.

5. Let the patient know that anal reconstruction is just to move the anus from the perineum to the abdomen. No one will look at this matter with strange eyes. He can completely control his bowel movements and there is no difference between him and normal people. Or let him know that only the patient knows that the anus is in the abdomen, and no one can discover this secret.

After reading so much, you should have a deeper understanding of the importance of postoperative care for colon cancer. Experts also want to emphasize that in addition to proper care after colon cancer surgery, you also need to be more scientific in your diet and try not to eat spicy and cold foods, so that the chance of recovery from colon cancer can be increased!