What to do if nails turn black after chemotherapy

After chemotherapy, many abnormal changes will occur in the patient's body. In fact, it is normal for this situation to occur. Because chemotherapy has serious side effects. Generally, family members will be very worried if they find that the patient's nails turn black after chemotherapy. Let me tell you here that if the doctor thinks there is no problem with the relevant data after chemotherapy, then the patient should not worry too much if his nails turn black. This is a normal body reaction after chemotherapy.

Dietary conditioning for patients after chemotherapy:

First, the treatment of chemotherapy-induced reactions

Here we mainly talk about the more common oral mucositis, which manifests as mucosal congestion, edema, ulcers, pain, etc.

At this time, you should keep your mouth clean, brush your teeth after eating, supplement with high-nutrition liquids or a liquid diet, such as lotus seed soup, snow fungus soup, milk, soy milk, crucian carp soup, etc. Avoid overheated, overly acidic and irritating foods when eating. In case of acute inflammation, you can hold ice in your mouth to reduce inflammatory exudation. If ulcers appear, you can add 0.1 gram of crushed vitamin C to 20 ml of honey and hold it in your mouth 2-4 times a day.

Second, care when the liver is damaged

Liver damage may result in elevated transaminases. At this time, you should eat more bitter gourd, mung bean sprouts, tea, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, Hericium erinaceus and other fungal foods, eat more fruits rich in vitamins, such as kiwi, peaches, apples, grapes, etc., and drink more green tea, oolong tea, and honey water.

Fourth, dietary adjustment for decreased blood count

Chemotherapy can cause bone marrow hypoplasia, especially a decrease in white blood cells, which is the most obvious. To effectively prevent a decrease in blood count, patients should supplement high-protein diet during chemotherapy, such as milk, soybeans, lean meat, pig's trotters, sea cucumbers, fish, animal liver, red dates, peanuts, walnuts, black fungus, carrots, red beans, etc.

Fifth, treatment of gastrointestinal reactions

Chemotherapy can cause loss of appetite, anorexia, vomiting, etc. At this time, the diet should focus on strengthening the spleen and stomach. For example, hawthorn can effectively prevent vomiting and promote digestion. You should also eat more walnuts, coix seeds, radishes, sunflower seeds, kiwis, water shield, fish, etc., which will not only increase the patient's appetite and reduce the digestive burden of the digestive tract, but also reduce chemotherapy-related side effects.

In addition to dietary conditioning, there is another type of conditioning that is very important and is also the most commonly used type of conditioning among people undergoing cancer chemotherapy. It is selenium supplementation. What is so magical about selenium supplementation? What makes it so popular among so many cancer chemotherapy patients?

1. Selenium enhances immunity, relieves pain, and improves quality of life (most fundamental)

2. Selenium reduces the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, such as nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, low white blood cell count, low immunity, etc., and improves the patient's body resistance to drugs.

3. Selenium prevents and fights cancer, reducing the risk of metastasis and recurrence

Taiwan's Justice Publishing House dubbed selenium the "king of anti-cancer", and most medical advice on selenium supplementation during cancer chemotherapy is to take both food and medicine:

Eat more foods high in selenium, such as asparagus, mushrooms, purple sweet potatoes, animal liver and offal, and take selenium supplements such as Selenium Weikang chewable tablets.

Tips for selenium supplementation: Selenium supplementation should be in the form of organic selenium, which is well absorbed and highly safe. Selenium can be divided into first-generation yeast selenium, second-generation tannin selenium, and third-generation malt selenium according to its development stage. Malt selenium is safe to eat, has no toxic side effects, is non-toxic, has a high absorption rate and high nutritional value. It is the best choice for selenium supplementation.