Precautions for leukemia patients during chemotherapy

1, diet, although the gastrointestinal reactions caused by chemotherapy will make patients during this period of appetite decline, decreased appetite, but in order to maintain the necessary physical strength and nutrition, patients should ingest vitamin-rich and high-value protein foods as much as possible. Do not eat spicy, cold, hard and spoiled food, fresh fruit should be washed and peeled before eating. 

2, pay attention to personal hygiene, wash hands before meals, after the stool, in order to prevent the disease from the mouth in the case of very low resistance. 

3, keep the bowels open, sit in the bath as much as possible after the stool to keep the local clean. For those who have hemorrhoids or constipation, you can routinely use hemorrhoid plugs and laxatives. 

4.Reduce contact with the outside world. Reduce unnecessary visits. If there are many people in the environment or around the cold “patients, should wear a mask to reduce the chance of cross * infection. 

5, the patient’s room or ward should not place too many flowers, especially should avoid putting flower pots, so as to reduce the infection caused by flowers or soil with mold spores, bacteria, etc.. 

6. Try not to dig your ears or pick your teeth with hard objects to prevent local breakage and infection.