According to the "Survival Guide for Cancer Friends" published by the National Cancer Information Network 20 18, more and more evidence shows that cancer patients do have cognitive dysfunction. Cognitive abnormalities have been found whether through test evaluation or patients' self-feeling; In the physical examination, neurology and brain imaging also confirmed that some cancer friends had brain operation differences after receiving chemotherapy (also known as "chemo brain"). But in fact, in addition to the major neurological and brain structural abnormalities caused by cancer, cognitive dysfunction caused by treatment can be recovered through some exercise.
What conditions may be cognitive dysfunction? You can provide the following simple questions for cancer friends to test and recall themselves, see what happened, record the problems, and discuss the solutions with the doctor at the next visit.
1. Is it difficult for you to concentrate? Is it difficult to handle many things at the same time?
2. Do you often fail to finish your work?
Do you find it difficult to find the right words to express your thoughts?
4. Do you think some things are hard to remember?
Do you need more notes or reminders now than before?
6. Do you want to spend more time thinking about the problem? Do you think your thinking speed is slowing down?
7. Have you found that your performance and work performance have been affected?
Change daily work habits so that life is no longer a mess. If the situation is not too serious after the doctor's assessment, the following methods and management tools can be adopted to restore the order of life, reduce the frequency of forgetting things, help the work to be completed smoothly and regain the quality of life.
1. Strengthen the self-management strategy: use memory AIDS, such as carrying a notebook with you for recording and planning, and setting the alarm clock function with a smart phone. And try to keep the habit of using things in designated places, such as putting things in the same place and avoiding placing them at will.
2. Finish the most difficult things when your daily physical strength is the best: Because your Cancer friend has limited physical strength, you should finish the complicated and difficult things when your daily physical strength is the best, and then solve the piecemeal activities when you are tired, without spending too much mental energy.
3. Look for ways to relax or manage stress in daily life: Stress can also make your mind more dull, so look for physical activities, such as walking, gardening, meditation and yoga. You can relax and let your brain rest.
4. Keep regular physical activity: Exercise can promote brain activation and improve work efficiency. For cancer friends, exercise is essential, and it is very important to keep regular exercise or physical exercise.
5. Restricting the use of alcoholic beverages and other drugs that change cognition and sleep: sleeping pills, antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs and other drugs, or alcoholic beverages, will also have an impact on the brain. If a friend with cancer is taking such drugs, he can consult a doctor first, adjust the prescription of drugs, and avoid alcohol at the same time, so as to recover his cognitive ability faster.