Dietary Plan for Side Effect of Cancer Therapy I 癌症治療副作用之飲食處理(一)
2025/2/21
Goal
- Is to prevent weight decrease or too much weight decrease;
- Is to increase resistance of infection;
- Is to decrease side effects caused by cancer therapy and prevent complications caused by malnutrition.
Subject
Patients ready to undergo or have undergone cancer treatment:
- Chemical and radioactive therapy;
- surgeries;
- bone-marrow transplant and stem cell transplant.
General principles
During treatment session, we intend to modulate such a diet place in accordance with individual needs at any time.
Symptoms
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Diet principle and improving Method
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Loss of appetite
and Body weight
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- Have multiple meals a day with fewer amount each intake Choose food with high calories, high protein, dessert, beverage and nutrition formula.
- Use seasoning bring out the flavor and r to increase appetite.
- At dinner, eat solid food first, and then drink liquid or beverage.
- While feeling tired, rest a bit and then continue eating.
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Disgusting and
vomiting
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- Have multiple meals a day; avoid empty stomach or abdominal distension.
- Drink light and ice-cold beverage. Foods with tart flavor like hot and sour soup could decrease these symptoms.
- Eat dry foods like biscuit and toast before and after getting up,
- Avoid sweet or greasy foods.
- When patients suffer from severe vomit, have them take the prescriptive medicine and watch out for the supplement intake of water and electrolyte.
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Thirsty
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- Try ice-cubes in the mouth, chew some chewing gums, or drink lemon juice or tea.
- Avoid foods with too much flavor, or beverage containing alcohol.
- Cook smooth types of foods like pudding and thick soup. Gargle frequently helps moisturize oral cavity.
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Reference
- Barbara, L. G., & Kathryn, K. H. (2012). Medical Nutrition Therapy for Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery, In Mahan, L. K. (Eds.), Krause’s food & the nutrition care process (13th ed., pp. 833-863). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier/ Saunders
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