Keeping thin after esophageal cancer surgery may be caused by surgical consumption, consumption of other treatments, abnormal eating or recurrence metastasis.
1. Surgical consumption: the consumption of esophageal cancer surgery is large, even if it is luminal surgery, there is still a large consumption, the trauma of surgery will lead to the catabolic metabolism is larger than the anabolic metabolism in the body, and the patient may lose 5~10kg of body weight after surgery.
2. Other treatment consumption: patients often need to continue radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc. will consume nutrients after surgery. In addition, these treatments may also cause nausea and vomiting, thus reducing the patient’s appetite, thus affecting the patient’s eating. Diet during chemotherapy emphasizes the principle of small meals and avoid spicy food.
3. Eating abnormality: because of the reconstruction of the digestive tract, the physiological structure of the changes in the digestive tract anti-reflux function decreases, patients are prone to loss of appetite. The feeling of nausea and vomiting produced by the reflux of digestive tract, coupled with the postoperative wound pain and other reasons, will affect the patient’s eating, thus causing postoperative emaciation.
4. Postoperative tumor recurrence and metastasis may also cause weight loss. It is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for regular review, early detection and early treatment.
It is recommended not to swallow forcibly when choking sensation exists, otherwise it will stimulate local cancer tissue bleeding, spreading and pain. When choking is serious, one should take liquid or semi-liquid food, such as noodle soup and rice porridge.
If there are other discomforts, timely consultation should be made; at the same time, dietary management should be strengthened, daily nutrition should be balanced, and high-calorie, high-protein, high-vitamin and low-fat diet should be given, and more fish, eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables can be eaten when the condition permits.