After radiotherapy and chemotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, it is mainly through strengthening nutrition, paying attention to rest and standardizing nasal care to promote the recovery of normal body functions. The speed of recovery is subject to the degree of disease, individual physique and treatment effect, etc. The specific situation varies from person to person, and the objective law of disease recovery should be followed, and the blind pursuit of fast recovery method cannot achieve the expected effect.
After radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal cancer, white blood cell drop and gastrointestinal reaction often occur, at this time, patient’s resistance decreases, nutrition is lacking, and infection is easy to occur. Attention should be paid to relaxing the mind, ensuring rest and keeping warm, avoiding cold and labor.
Dietary advice is to choose to eat high-protein and high-fiber foods to promote trauma repair and improve the body’s resistance. High protein foods such as milk, eggs, fish, meat, etc., high fiber foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables.
Nasopharynx often has pus sputum and dry scabs attached after radiotherapy, which can be standardized to use hypertonic or weak acid saline, as well as 5% sodium bicarbonate rinsing solution to wash, in order to reduce the local inflammatory reaction, and to promote the mucous membrane repair.
When nasopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy is followed, regular review should be carried out as prescribed by doctor, attention should be paid to the above precautions, and post-treatment care and follow-up arrangement should be in accordance with doctor’s prescription.