What to eat is good for cervical cancer

Globally, more than 200,000 women die from cervical cancer every year. In developing countries, cervical cancer is a common gynecological tumor, ranking first. Cervical cancer refers to a malignant tumor that occurs in the vaginal part of the uterus and the cervical canal. So what is good for cervical cancer? Let's take a look.

Cervical cancer (i.e. uterine cervical cancer) generally has little effect on the digestive tract function in the early stage. The main purpose is to enhance the patient's disease resistance and improve the immune function. Nutrients should be supplemented as much as possible. Protein, sugar, fat, vitamins, etc. can be reasonably consumed. When the patient has a lot of vaginal bleeding, some blood-tonifying, hemostatic, and anti-cancer foods should be taken, such as lotus root, coix seed, hawthorn, black fungus, and ebony. When the patient's leucorrhea is watery, it is advisable to take nourishing foods, such as turtle, pigeon eggs, and chicken. When the patient's leucorrhea is sticky and smelly, it is advisable to eat light and damp-removing foods, such as coix seed, red bean, and white imperata root.

After the operation, the diet should be adjusted to replenish qi and blood, and produce essence and replenish essence, such as yam, longan, mulberry, wolfberry, pork liver, turtle, sesame, donkey hide glue, etc.

During radiotherapy, dietary adjustments should focus on nourishing blood and yin. Beef, pork liver, lotus root, fungus, spinach, celery, pomegranate, water chestnut, etc. can be eaten. If radiation cystitis and radiation proctitis occur due to radiotherapy, meals that clear heat and dampness, nourish yin and detoxify should be given, such as watermelon, coix seed, red bean, water chestnut, lotus root, spinach, etc.

During chemotherapy, the diet should focus on strengthening the spleen and kidney. You can use yam powder, barley porridge, animal liver, placenta, donkey-hide gelatin, turtle, fungus, wolfberry, lotus root, banana, etc. When gastrointestinal reactions, nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite occur, you should use diet that strengthens the spleen and stomach, such as sugarcane juice, ginger juice, black plum, banana, kumquat, etc.