Cancer fatigue is persistent, and most cancer patients will have it. This kind of fatigue makes patients feel very painful and seriously affects their quality of life.
Adequate sleep and rest can not alleviate cancer fatigue, so how can we alleviate this fatigue and free patients from it? To relieve cancer fatigue, we must first understand the causes of cancer fatigue.
Insufficient nutrition intake is also one of the important reasons for fatigue. First of all, it is necessary to comprehensively evaluate the nutritional status of patients. If nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, mucositis, swallowing pain, intestinal obstruction, diarrhea or constipation affect the nutritional intake of patients, they should be actively treated to maintain the balance of electrolytes and body fluids. On the basis of drug intervention, patients' families should also actively prepare meals suitable for their own tastes, ensure calorie intake, and consider eating less and eating more meals for a change to promote appetite. If there are conditions, let patients eat happily, not only balanced nutrition, but also regain the fun of life.
Avoid eating high-fat food, and eat liquid food for up to 3 days when diarrhea is severe, so that the intestines can rest temporarily. When you are constipated, if the doctor evaluates that it is feasible, you can drink 10 cup of juice every day to help digestion.
When the taste changes, how to rinse your mouth before eating can increase the wettability of the mouth, reduce the odor, clean the moist mouth and increase the taste of food. Use more sugar and lemon to increase sweetness and sourness and reduce sensitivity to bitterness.
The incidence of depression and anxiety in cancer patients were 30% and 37% respectively, and 15% patients suffered from both diseases. You can consider psychological counseling. More than 70% of cancer patients urgently need targeted social and psychological support, less discrimination and pity, and more communication is what cancer patients need.
If you are tired because of insomnia, you can sometimes adjust it by increasing physical exercise and appropriate sleep restrictions, such as controlling daytime naps.