Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer should pay attention to avoid heavy physical labor, have regular work and rest, do not overwork and stay up late, and participate in physical exercise, practice taijiquan and qigong conditioning, which are beneficial to physical recovery. During and after radiotherapy, some side effects are inevitable. If the following preventive measures can be taken early, it will help to prevent or reduce the occurrence of side effects.
Issues to be noted during radiotherapy: Clean mouth If there are bad teeth, alveolar abscess, periodontitis, etc., they should be treated before radiotherapy is administered. Develop the habit of rinsing and brushing your teeth frequently, and brush your teeth with a soft-bristled toothbrush after each meal.
Actively treat infected foci in the head and neck and five senses such as folliculitis, boils, paranasal sinusitis, stomatitis, pharyngitis, otitis media, etc.
Anemia, granulocytopenia and thrombocytopenia should be actively treated before or during radiotherapy.
Smoking cessation, alcohol avoidance, cold and flu prevention, skin protection and infection avoidance should be carried out before and during radiotherapy.
Pregnancy should be avoided before radiotherapy, and patients with serious gynecological diseases should be treated actively. Breastfeeding should be discontinued.
Pay attention to the protection of the radiation field set by the doctor, do not scrub with soap or alcohol, so as not to affect the accuracy of the irradiation after erasing.
Before each irradiation, the body position posture set by the doctor and technician should be strictly followed and should not be changed at will to avoid damage to normal tissues.
During the course of radiation, patients should eat foods high in protein and vitamins.