Cancer patients prone to malnutrition. Severe malnutrition can lead to decreased body resistance, to the adverse effects of treatment and rehabilitation. Cancer patients the causes of malnutrition are the following:
1. Insufficient intake of cancer development to a certain extent some of the toxins produced by and received radiotherapy and chemotherapy can cause decomposition products produced by loss of appetite; for digestive system cancers such as esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, adenocarcinoma membrane, liver, intestine cancer, due to gastrointestinal motility disorders, digestive secretion, can lead directly to loss of appetite, reduced food intake and digestion and absorption of dysfunction; cancer have some symptoms such as pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, such as swallowing difficulties will affect the patient's appetite and digestion and absorption; digestive surgery (such as gastric resection, liver, gallbladder, membrane surgery, Bypass), direct exposure to radiation on the digestive organs, chemotherapy drug-induced vomiting, central nervous system damage and digestive tract mucosa, it is cause severe loss of appetite and digestion and absorption barriers reasons. In addition, cancer patients had a variety of psychological stress and negative emotions can affect the neuroendocrine mechanism of the movement of the digestive tract and reduce the secretion of digestive juice. This is the reason causing malnutrition.
Cause of malnutrition in cancer patients 2. consume excessive amounts of cancer cells with the characteristics of propagation speed, therefore need to consume more nutrients. Moreover, in the case of nutritional deficiencies, cancer cells have an advantage in normal cells the ability to capture nutrients; tumor itself and the secondary infection caused by fever, body repair due to radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery due to injury, all needs extra nutrition. For all these reasons, cancer patients are vulnerable to malnutrition.Malnutrition can cause weight loss, anemia,, system dysfunction, decreased physical fitness, decreased disease resistance and a series of adverse changes in the body. These can be a more effective treatment, so that the reasons of deterioration. It is worth mentioning that the deterioration of the condition will increase the psychological burden of patients, undermine confidence and fighting spirit to overcome the disease, the results of a further decline in appetite, immune function and further reduction, the condition further deteriorated. This vicious cycle of treatment and rehabilitation can lead to serious adverse effects. Some usually clinically healthy, a chance to be diagnosed with cancer patients, appears in a relatively short period of time the body rapidly debilitating, the condition deteriorated sharply, largely caused by the above reasons. From this, for cancer patients, additional reasonable and adequate nutrition is not only the need to maintain normal life activities, but more should be regarded as the treatment of cancer is an important part.