Does nursing after chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma help recovery?

Generally speaking, chemotherapy can kill cancer cells to a certain extent, but it does not mean that cancer can be completely cured. Daily care is also needed. Next, the author will introduce to you how to care for nasopharyngeal cancer after chemotherapy? Does it help recovery?

Chemotherapy is the abbreviation of chemical drug therapy. It is a treatment method that uses chemical drugs to prevent the proliferation, infiltration, and metastasis of cancer cells, and finally kill cancer cells. It is a systemic treatment method, and together with surgery and radiotherapy, it is known as the three major treatment methods for cancer.

Since chemotherapy drugs are not very selective, they will inevitably damage normal cells in the human body while killing cancer cells, resulting in adverse drug reactions. When taking chemotherapy drugs, on the one hand, we hope to achieve the best anti-tumor effect, and on the other hand, we should also pay attention to preventing and identifying adverse reactions of chemotherapy drugs.

After chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, you should eat more light food. The diet for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is very important, such as: lily porridge, millet porridge, etc.; eat more green vegetables, fresh vegetables contain a lot of vitamins, which can help patients absorb and supplement the lack of nutrients in the body; eat more fresh fruits, fruits are conducive to digestion and absorption, such as: apples, bananas, oranges, etc.; eat more nutritious foods, such as eggs, etc.

Appropriate exercise after chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma can enhance the patient's physique, improve the patient's physical condition, increase the patient's ability to resist cancer, and help treatment.

Improve psychological quality, be good at self-regulation. Patients must have the belief that cancer is no longer a terminal illness. They can adjust their own mental state. Qigong, Tai Chi, various games, reading novels, watching TV, listening to music, and doing what they like are all good ways to relax the body and mind. Within their ability, appropriate work and travel can sometimes produce unexpectedly good results.

Therefore, we know that after chemotherapy, nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients can refer to the above introduction for care, or they can receive care under the guidance of a pharmacist to help them recover.