What to do if you feel weak after chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the only method people use to treat cancer now. Modern medicine is constantly developing and progressing. Cancer used to be called an incurable disease. He is now able to maintain his life through chemotherapy. However, chemotherapy is extremely harmful to the human body. Because he controls human cancer lesions through chemical stimulation, this may cause symptoms such as hair loss. Some people also feel weak all over after chemotherapy. Let me tell you what you should do if you feel weak after chemotherapy.

In today's society, people are afraid of cancer. After cancer was defined as one of the “five incurable diseases” by the World Health Organization, the medical community has conducted more and more research on cancer and has achieved many remarkable results. In modern medicine, there are many methods to treat or inhibit cancer and prolong the patient's life. Among them, chemotherapy is one of the most commonly used cancer treatments (others include surgery, radiotherapy, biological therapy, etc.).

However, chemotherapy is a treatment method that will destroy both cancer cells and the patient. During chemotherapy, patients may even have to endure pain that is greater than the symptoms of malignant tumors. The side effects of chemotherapy are unavoidable. Among them, the most common ones include a decrease in white blood cells and platelets (bone marrow suppression), a decrease in red blood cells and hemoglobin, a decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation, and even general weakness. So what should patients do if they feel general weakness after chemotherapy? Are there any good ways to relieve the symptoms?

Since tumors are "consumable" diseases, the patient's nutrition and physical energy will be greatly depleted during the course of the disease, which may cause malnutrition in the patient. During the process of treating tumors, chemotherapy not only kills and inhibits cancerous cells in the human body, but also affects normal cells and physiological functions of the human body. For cancer patients who are already physically weak, chemotherapy will "add fuel to the fire", which will inevitably cause a large loss of nutrients in the body. If not replenished in time, the patient will naturally experience symptoms of general fatigue and mental depression. In traditional Chinese medicine, this condition is called "weak body and qi deficiency", which is a manifestation of insufficient qi, blood and essence.

So when this happens, how can we “replenish qi and activate blood circulation” to reduce the patient’s physical burden?

Now that the root cause of the patient's general weakness has been found, it is time to "prescribe the right medicine." First of all, during chemotherapy, patients should supplement the various nutrients needed by the body in an appropriate amount. In terms of diet, special attention should be paid to comprehensive nutritional intake. Food should be diversified as much as possible (high-protein, multi-vitamin, low-fat, easily digestible food and fresh fruits and vegetables), eat less smoked, grilled, pickled, fried, overly salty food that will burden the body's metabolism, and the staple food should be matched with coarse grains to ensure nutritional balance.

However, diet therapy can only be used as an auxiliary treatment method. Since it does not have the ability to control the disease, it cannot be fully relied upon. When it comes to regulating the body, Chinese medicine has a long history and is very mature. During the patient's chemotherapy, Chinese herbal preparations can be appropriately used as auxiliary materials, such as the Ganoderma lucidum spore powder or highly concentrated Ganoderma lucidum preparations that are currently more recognized on the market. For patients during chemotherapy, they can not only promote the efficacy, but also play a good conditioning role.