(1) head radiotherapy
Head radiotherapy should eat more foods that nourish yin, strengthen brain, improve intelligence and soothe the nerves, such as walnuts, chestnuts, peanuts, green tea, coffee, mulberry, black sesame, pomegranate, mango, jackfruit jujube, kelp, jujube and pig brain.
(2) radiotherapy for head, face and neck
For head, face and neck radiotherapy, people often eat foods that nourish yin, promote fluid production, clear away heat and reduce fire, such as pears, oranges, apples, watermelons, water chestnuts, lotus roots, grapefruit, lemons, bitter gourd, honey, green tea, water bamboo, Chinese cabbage, herring, jellyfish and mussels.
(3) chest radiotherapy
Chest Radiology Department often eats foods that nourish yin, moisten lung, relieve cough and resolve phlegm, such as white gourd, watermelon, loofah, orange, Pak Lei, lotus root, arrowhead, yam, perilla, carrot, eel, loquat and apricot.
(4) Abdominal radiotherapy
Abdominal radiotherapy often eats foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish blood and replenish qi, such as oranges, citron, bayberry, hawthorn, chicken gizzards, goose blood, barley porridge, fresh ginger and so on.
(5) Radiotherapy of urogenital system
Radiotherapy of urogenital system often eats products that nourish yin, clear heat, tonify kidney and nourish liver, such as medlar, fig, watermelon, bitter gourd, sunflower seed, milk, egg, pepper, fennel, coriander and placenta.
There are many side effects of radiotherapy, such as mucosal injury, bone marrow suppression and leukopenia. The side effects related to malnutrition are: head and neck radiotherapy damages taste cells, which makes taste decline or disappear, leading to loss of appetite; After radiotherapy for oral cavity, esophagus and gastrointestinal tract, a few patients may have mucosal congestion, edema, erosion, dysphagia, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea and bloody stool. At the same time, it can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid and various proteases, reduce gastrointestinal digestive function and not cause electrolyte loss.
Doing a good job of diet care for patients with radiotherapy can effectively alleviate the pain of radiotherapy and make patients firm in their anti-cancer beliefs.