Rehabilitation care for thyroid cancer patients

  With the continuous improvement of living standard, the complication rate of various diseases is also gradually increasing, especially the disease like thyroid cancer, which is actually a malignant tumor that directly affects the life and health of patients, therefore, the treatment for this kind of disease is through surgery. So how to take care of patients’ recovery after surgery?  1.Life care Guide patients to establish a regular lifestyle, ensure good rest and sufficient sleep, eat reasonably, work and rest reasonably, and try to keep a balanced mind.  2.Strengthen outdoor exercise Strengthen outdoor activities, such as walking, jogging, qigong, taijiquan, various fitness exercises, etc., to promote blood circulation of the body, promote metabolism, enhance the immunity of the body, and prevent colds and other respiratory infectious diseases. During the activities, attention should be paid to choosing non-competitive items to avoid unpleasant events.  3.Comprehensive treatment Thyroid cancer is a group of diseases with extremely uneven benign and malignant and widely different prognosis. Therefore, after surgical resection, comprehensive treatment should be actively carried out. Long-term thyroxine therapy and biological therapy should be applied after surgery according to medical prescription. Explain to patients and their families that most patients can survive for a long time as long as they follow medical advice, maintain a good psychological state, eat reasonably, work and rest reasonably, and strengthen self-care, so that patients can increase their confidence in fighting against the disease.  4.Radiotherapy For undifferentiated or poorly differentiated thyroid cancer with high malignancy, patients should be instructed to follow medical prescriptions for necessary radiotherapy and chemotherapy regularly to prolong life and improve quality of life. During radiotherapy, adjuvant ashwagandha D can be used to reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and improve the overall treatment effect.  5.Follow the doctor’s instruction to have regular follow-up examinations. Differentiated thyroid cancer should be reviewed regularly for thyroglobulin and 151I contrast; medullary carcinoma should be reviewed regularly for calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Undifferentiated carcinoma or differentiated carcinoma without iodophilicity should have regular B-type ultrasound, CT, MRI or nuclear thallium (TI) imaging to detect recurrent foci and metastases in time.  6.Strengthen self-observation Patients should pay close attention to their subtle changes, especially the lumps, nodules, pain, hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing and abnormal sensation in other parts of the body in and around the thyroid gland, and should seek medical consultation promptly if abnormalities are detected.