Some precautions for colorectal cancer patients after discharge

After a series of treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, colorectal cancer patients can be discharged from the hospital when their physical condition improves. After discharge, there are many precautions for patients during their recuperation at home, which should be strictly followed to facilitate complete recovery of the body.

1. Diet

Patients with colorectal cancer should eat at regular times and in fixed quantities. Since patients may suffer from nausea, anorexia, indigestion, etc. for a period of time, they can eat small amounts and multiple times, chewing slowly. The diet is rich and varied, and the cooking methods are different. Try to stimulate the patient's appetite. You can also make some delicious food therapy for the patient's adverse digestive reactions. The diet should be light and less greasy. When the weather is hot, drink more warm water to replenish body fluids.

2. Take a Bath

Bathing can help relieve patients' physical and mental fatigue. Patients who have had their surgical sutures removed and whose wounds are healing well can take a bath. It is best to take a shower. Wrap the stoma with a clean towel and try not to get it wet. After bathing, clean the stoma and surrounding skin with clean gauze. Patients with weak bodies or serious conditions can have their family members help them wash their bodies. Keep the room warm and the water temperature appropriate during the operation. Cover a part with a bath towel or blanket in time after washing to prevent the patient from catching a cold.

3. Exercise

Long-term bed rest may lead to pneumonia, bedsores, general weakness, and even mental depression. Appropriate exercise is an indispensable part of the patient's discharge. You can choose a sunny and windless morning to accompany the patient for a walk, stretch his muscles and bones, get more sun, enhance the body's immunity, and promote recovery. The amount and time of exercise should be determined according to the patient's physical condition to avoid excessive fatigue.

4. Review

Some patients recover well after surgery and even return to work soon after discharge, ignoring the regular check-ups instructed by doctors. This is absolutely unacceptable. Family members must accompany patients to the hospital for regular check-ups on time and closely track the recovery to prevent the spread or metastasis that cannot be discovered in time, and ensure that patients can truly regain health.