What should I do if I have esophageal cancer and can't eat

What should I do if I have esophageal cancer and can’t eat?

Patients with esophageal cancer generally need to change their liquid diet, tube feeding, intravenous nutritional support, etc. It is recommended that patients actively cooperate to prevent the disease from worsening.

1. Switch to a liquid diet:

Esophageal cancer is a malignant tumor of the esophageal mucosal epithelium. The etiology is complex and is mainly caused by long-term smoking, alcohol and tobacco. Improper diet is also considered. Patients will experience symptoms such as dysphagia and sternal pain. If the local tissue proliferates abnormally, it is also easy to cause esophageal stenosis, making the patient unable to eat. Liquid diet is needed to maintain the body's nutrition, such as milk, milk powder, nutritional powder, etc.

2. Tube feeding:

The nutrients needed for the body's metabolism can also be supplemented through the intestines, and feeding through tubes is beneficial to maintaining the structural and functional integrity of intestinal mucosal cells.

3. Intravenous nutritional support:

Intravenous treatment generally requires injection of glucose injection, compound amino acid injection, fat emulsion injection, etc., but it needs to be performed by a professional doctor to prevent adverse reactions.

In addition to the above treatment methods, surgeries such as lymph node dissection and gastrointestinal reconstruction can also be performed. These operations need to be performed by professional doctors and good care is also required after the operation.