Diet during radiotherapy in NPC patients care.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Diet during radiotherapy in NPC patients care NPC occurs in Mongoloid, a high incidence in southern China, Jiangsu, there are some cases, its incidence has obvious geographical and ethnic differences, and there is a high incidence of familial tendency of 30-60 ,40-59 years as a common peak of incidence , cause unknown, may be associated with EB virus infection, chemical carcinogens or environmental factors, genetic factors, clinical manifestations are: the neck mass, back to the absorption of blood, tears, nasal congestion, tinnitus, hearing loss, headache, facial numbness, complex visual and ocular manifestations. nasopharyngeal currently accepted and effective treatment is radical radiotherapy or radiotherapy combined therapy [1]. a series of reactions occur during radiotherapy, the treatment implications, and therefore do all aspects of care, especially diet care is particularly important. 1 Clinical data January 2009 -12 January, the ward were treated 50 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients, including 38 males and 12 females, aged 36-80 years old, 34 cases of the implementation of radiation therapy, conventional radiotherapy in 10 cases, accurate radiotherapy in 24 cases, treatment time was 7-8 weeks, the remaining cases to chemotherapy and immune suppression therapy. 2 General Care 2.1 Prior to radiotherapy help doctors improve the inspection, to ensure that patients can tolerate radiation therapy and, if abnormal, treatment. 2.2 good health education before radiotherapy, indicating that the treatment of patients must be compatible with the matters, such as removal of Bingya before radiotherapy, dental caries, tooth extraction is not as three years after radiotherapy, radiotherapy area of the skin protection, radiation protection mark, according to the patients of the disease know the extent of psychological care, diagnosed as nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the patients and their families are feeling more st