Some parents of leukemia patients often ask: How should I take care of my patients in general? How can I reduce the number of colds and fevers my patients get? This is a good and critical question.
While leukemia patients are treated early and aggressively, daily care during the remission period is also important. Good daily care can improve the quality of life of patients, improve their physical condition, enhance their immunity and prolong the interval of relapse. So what aspects of daily care should be noted?
First, strengthen environmental hygiene When patients are in stable clinical remission, they can be observed at home. The patient’s resistance will be significantly reduced after chemotherapy, and the living environment at home should be comfortable and clean at this time.
When the weather is sunny, the windows should be opened and ventilated frequently. In recent years, the haze is heavy and it is not suitable for patients to be outdoors on hazy days.
When there are blue skies and white clouds, you can take a walk in the outdoor park, try not to go to places with a lot of people and noise, and avoid contact with patients who have colds.
Cultivate good personal hygiene habits, wash hands with soap and running water before meals, after stools and after outdoor activities, rinse your mouth after meals, keep your skin clean, and cut your nails regularly. Wash and dry clothes and bedding regularly. Adhere to physical exercise to enhance the ability to resist disease.
Third, strengthen daily nutrition Leukemia patients need more protein than normal patients, so they need to supplement adequate and high-quality protein.
Parents of patients should prepare more of these ingredients when preparing meals, such as local eggs, milk, deep-sea fish, shrimp, tofu, tofu brain, dried tofu, bean curd, soy milk, duck blood and other ingredients, which can be consumed alternately to improve the patient’s taste and also to supplement sufficient protein.
2, most patients with leukemia have varying degrees of vitamin deficiency, should eat more food rich in vitamin C, such as green peppers, tomatoes, capers, hawthorn, citrus, kiwi, red dates, lemon, etc.
3.Vitamin A can stimulate the body’s immune system, which is beneficial to anti-cancer. Vitamin A supplement can be taken from animal liver, egg yolk, carrot, spinach, etc.
4.Patients with leukemia are anemic, so they can use foods rich in iron and folic acid, such as black beans, brown sugar, egg yolk, animal blood, red dates, black fungus, sesame paste, green vegetables, etc.
5, the patient is sick most of the appetite, parents can arrange for patients to eat less and more meals, but also eat some hawthorn, radish in moderation to help digestion, increase appetite.
6, drink more water, urinate regularly. Avoid all kinds of drinks, milk drinks and puffed food, fried chicken legs, fried chicken wings, instant noodles and other junk food.