Conventional methods of rectal cancer care

Since the cause of rectal cancer is not completely clear, there is no special prevention method. The preventive measures listed below are mainly to reduce the chance of cancer and early detection and treatment of patients. Actively prevent and treat rectal polyps, anal fistulas, anal fissures, ulcerative colitis and chronic intestinal inflammation; for multiple polyps and papillary polyps, once the diagnosis is clear, early surgical removal should be performed to reduce the chance of cancer.

The diet should be diversified, develop good eating habits, not be partial or picky about food, do not consume high-fat, high-protein diets for a long time, and regularly eat fresh vegetables containing vitamins and fiber, which may play an important role in preventing cancer.

Prevent constipation and keep bowel movements smooth. Attach great importance to regular cancer prevention surveys, pay attention to self-examination at any time, improve vigilance, and seek timely diagnosis and treatment after discovering warning signs, so as to achieve early detection and early treatment to improve the survival rate of rectal cancer.

Provide routine nursing care according to general surgical preoperative care. Provide psychological care to eliminate patients' concerns about the disease and surgery, patiently and carefully explain and comfort them, so that patients can accept surgical treatment and build confidence in treatment. Provide high-protein, high-calorie, low-residue and easily digestible diet. Colon cancer patients often have anemia and malnutrition due to blood in the stool and intestinal malabsorption, and should receive blood transfusions and infusions to improve their overall condition.

Bowel preparation: Give liquid diet and rehydration as appropriate three days before surgery. Start taking neomycin or streptomycin orally two days before surgery to inhibit intestinal bacteria, and give vitamin K and metronidazole at the same time. Take laxatives and clean enema the night before surgery, and do another clean enema on the morning of surgery. Place a gastric tube on the morning of surgery. In addition to preparing the abdominal skin, patients undergoing radical resection of rectal cancer also need to prepare the skin around the perineum and anus. For patients with rectal cancer, a urinary catheter should be placed before surgery to prevent bladder damage during surgery.

Quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption. The World Health Organization predicts that if people stop smoking, the number of cancers in the world will decrease in five years. Secondly, do not drink excessively. Tobacco and alcohol are extremely acidic substances. People who smoke and drink for a long time are very likely to develop an acidic constitution.

Do not eat overheated, overcooled, expired or spoiled food; the elderly and weak or those with certain diseases should eat some anti-cancer foods and alkaline foods with high alkalinity as appropriate to maintain a good mental state. Combine work and rest, and do not be overly fatigued. It can be seen that stress is an important cause of cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stress leads to overwork and physical weakness, which in turn causes decreased immune function, endocrine disorders, metabolic disorders in the body, and the deposition of acidic substances in the body; stress can also lead to mental tension, causing qi stagnation and blood stasis, and internal toxic fire.

Strengthen your physique, exercise more in the sun, and sweat more to excrete acidic substances in the body with sweat, avoiding the formation of an acidic physique. People with irregular living habits, such as singing karaoke all night, playing mahjong, and staying out all night, will increase the acidification of the physique and be prone to cancer. You should develop good living habits to maintain a weak alkaline physique and keep various cancer diseases away from you.

For example, polluted water, crops, poultry, fish eggs, moldy food, etc., you should eat some green organic food to prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth.