1, Matters needing attention after liver cancer resection
(1) light diet
The liver function of most patients after liver cancer resection is not as good as before, so we must not eat high-protein and high-fat food in diet, because high-protein and high-fat food will increase the burden on the liver and kidneys, and may even induce hepatic encephalopathy.
Suggestion: Pay attention to a light diet and eat more digestible food.
(2) Eat less spicy food.
Avoid spicy food stimulation after resection of liver cancer, because patients with liver cancer are prone to portal vein tumor thrombus, causing portal hypertension and esophageal varices. Once the diet is improper, it can lead to upper gastrointestinal bleeding and endanger life.
(3) Low intensity exercise
As we all know, effective exercise can improve human immunity. For patients after liver cancer resection, they can take appropriate physical exercise, such as walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan and practicing Qigong.
Note: Based on the principle that you don't feel tired, you must avoid heavy physical labor and strenuous physical activity.
(4) Adjust your emotions
Chinese medicine usually says: Anger hurts the liver, so patients with liver cancer resection should pay attention to avoid excessive emotional fluctuations in their daily lives, maintain a good attitude, and actively cooperate with doctors to see a doctor in time.
(5) Insist on taking medicine
In order to prevent postoperative recurrence of liver cancer and side effects caused by radiotherapy, you must take medicine on time according to the doctor's advice after resection of liver cancer to ensure no recurrence to the greatest extent.
(6) Regular review
After liver cancer resection, we must go to the hospital for regular review to prevent the possibility of recurrence and find early treatment as soon as possible.
(7) Diet therapy and conditioning
1, Lycium barbarum Turtle: 30g Lycium barbarum, 150g Turtle. Lycium barbarum and turtle are steamed together, and both Lycium barbarum and turtle soup can be eaten. Every week 1 time, it is not advisable to eat more, especially for people with indigestion [1] and insomnia. Avoid drinking liquor, peppers, mother pork, leeks, fat, fried, hard objects and irritating condiments. Has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing away heat, dissipating stagnation, cooling blood, and improving immunity.
2. Poria cocos steamed mandarin fish: Poria cocos 15g, mandarin fish 150g. Add water and seasoning, and steam. Eating fish and soup has the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, benefiting qi and enriching blood.
3. Cui Yi tomato bean curd soup: watermelon Cui Yi 30g, tomato 50g, bean curd150g. Slice watermelon, tomato and tofu to make soup. Regular consumption has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and promoting diuresis. And it is not advisable to take one more dose because of deficiency and cold.
4, thistle crucian carp soup: thistle 30 grams, 1 crucian carp. Boil soup with thistle and crucian carp, and add appropriate seasoning. Regular consumption has the effect of removing blood stasis, stopping vomiting and improving symptoms. However, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold without blood stasis should not take it.
2. What should the liver cancer diet pay attention to?
(1) Pay attention to a balanced diet.
Patients with liver cancer consume a lot and need to ensure adequate nutrition. The nutritional status of patients with liver cancer can be judged by observing whether their weight is normal. In normal times, special attention should be paid to maintaining a balanced diet. Patients should eat more fresh vegetables, half of which should be green leafy vegetables.
(2) Supplementing fat and protein.
High-fat diet will affect drinking and aggravate the condition of liver cancer, while low-fat diet can alleviate the symptoms of nausea, vomiting and abdominal distension in patients with liver cancer. Patients with liver cancer have poor appetite and little food intake, so they must improve their dietary energy, eat more fat that is easy to digest and absorb, and eat more foods rich in protein to prevent albumin from decreasing. However, if the liver cancer is advanced and the liver function is poor, it is necessary to control the intake of protein to avoid hepatic encephalopathy caused by excessive intake of protein.
(3) Vitamin supplementation
Vitamin a, vitamin c, vitamin e and vitamin k have certain auxiliary anti-tumor effects. Vitamin C mainly exists in fresh vegetables and fruits, and carotene is converted into vitamin A after entering the human body. Therefore, patients with liver cancer should pay attention to vitamin supplementation and eat more animal livers, carrots, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, figs and fresh vegetables and fruits.
(4) Eat more digestible food.
Patients with liver cancer often have indigestion symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea and abdominal distension. They should eat more digestible foods, such as sour plum soup, ginger syrup, millet porridge and noodle soup. , help digestion and pain relief, and don't eat too cold, too hot or too full; Eat more light foods that stimulate appetite and reduce adverse reactions, such as lotus root starch, corn paste, hawthorn and other digestible foods to avoid nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite.
(5) enhance the body's resistance.
Most patients with advanced liver cancer are in a state of general failure and have difficulty eating. They should pay attention to strengthening their body resistance. In addition to increasing nutrition, American ginseng or white ginseng should be soaked in water to enhance the functions of various organs.
(6) Dietary taboos of liver cancer
Patients with liver cancer should avoid crude fiber food and pay attention to eating less and more meals to avoid increasing the burden on the stomach; Avoid drinking. After alcohol enters the human body, it will be decomposed and metabolized in the liver, while the detoxification function of the liver of patients with liver cancer will decrease, and liver cells will hinder the decomposition and metabolism of alcohol. Patients with liver cancer should avoid foods that are too cold, too hot and too spicy, so as not to stimulate gastric mucosal blood vessels, cause bleeding and aggravate the condition.