What to do about wound infections during radiation therapy

Don’t be alarmed if the wound gets infected during radiotherapy, you can clean the wound thoroughly, pay attention to debridement, anti-infection and prevention of serious wound infection under the doctor’s guidance. 1. Thoroughly clean the wound: If the wound is infected during radiotherapy, the wound should be thoroughly cleaned when changing the dressing, and saline should be used when cleaning the wound. 2. Pay attention to wound cleansing: you can use topical solutions and topical dressings, including sterile saline, hydrogen peroxide, antibacterial protease dressings, etc., which can effectively kill bacteria and reduce the phenomenon of wound infection. The use of drugs need to follow the doctor’s instructions, not blindly use. 3. Anti-infection, taking anti-infection drugs such as penicillin and cephalosporins and other anti-infection drugs. 3. Prevent serious wound infection: Wound infection during radiotherapy need to pay attention to the daily diet, it is recommended to avoid spicy stimulating food, so as to avoid serious wound infection. Wound infections during radiotherapy can be recovered after conventional treatment, but if there is no timely treatment, resulting in repeated infections, septicemia will be formed, and may even cause death.