What are the nursing methods for pancreatic cancer

After a patient is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, daily care plays a decisive role in the patient's recovery. The patient's family also plays a leading role in the care process. Family members of patients should accompany the patient under the arrangement of doctors or nurses, and must be careful and meticulous.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the common malignant tumors of the digestive tract and the most common malignant tumor. It often occurs in the head of the pancreas. Abdominal pain and painless jaundice are common symptoms of pancreatic head cancer. The incidence rate is relatively increased in patients with diabetes who smoke a lot for a long time and who eat a high-fat, high-animal protein diet. This disease is more common in middle-aged and elderly people. There are far more male patients than premenopausal women, and the incidence rate of postmenopausal women is similar to that of men. The cause of the disease is still unclear, and some environmental factors have been found to be related to the occurrence of pancreatic cancer. The primary risk factors that have been determined are smoking, diabetes, gallstones, drinking (including beer), chronic pancreatitis, etc., eating a high-fat, high-protein diet and refined flour foods. Gastrectomy is also a risk factor for pancreatic cancer, and its mortality rate is extremely high.

Basic nursing care for pancreatic cancer

1. Dietary care: provide adequate calories, protein, vitamins, etc.

2. Regulate emotions: enable patients to treat the disease correctly and actively cooperate with various treatments.

3. Psychological care: Understand the changes in patients' moods and communicate with them heart to heart, so that they can face life optimistically, enhance their own immunity, improve their ability to resist disease, and help improve the efficacy of the treatment.

4. Since pancreatic cancer patients are often accompanied by pain, and the pain is unbearable, which often affects eating and sleeping, attention should be paid to adjusting the body position to prevent the occurrence of bedsores.

5. Pay attention to the changes in the condition and the monitoring of vital signs. Promptly detect complications and patient discomfort so that timely treatment can be provided.

These methods are some maintenance methods for pancreatic cancer patients in various aspects. Hygiene care is often neglected, so medical staff should pay more attention to it and keep the ward clean and tidy. The patient's family members should also pay attention to hygiene and health to avoid becoming a source of pollution.