How to carry out home care for chemotherapy patients?

(1) correctly understand chemotherapy, eliminate patients' fear, improve their confidence in overcoming diseases, correctly understand the possible side effects and solutions in the process of medication, make psychological preparations, and cooperate with doctors to complete the course of treatment.

(2) Life should be regular, smoking and drinking should be stopped, irritating food should be avoided, diet should be light and nutritious, and varieties should be changed frequently to improve patients' appetite.

(3) Take a proper walk, walk slowly, practice Qigong and play Tai Ji Chuan. Enhance physical fitness. Keep the room clean and tidy, the air is fresh, the room should be ventilated frequently, and the bedding should be disassembled and washed frequently, so as to avoid going to crowded places and prevent secondary infection.

(4) Chemotherapy has certain effects on hematopoiesis and digestive system. Anti-cancer drugs can inhibit bone marrow and reduce platelets and white blood cells. Therefore, blood routine and platelets should be checked once a week during medication. If the white blood cell is less than 4×, you should see a doctor in time. You can take Leixuesheng, shark liver alcohol orally, and inject vitamin B 12 intramuscularly to give birth to Bailing. More importantly, you can use fepristine or ingredients to transfuse white blood cells, and you can also take some medicated diets that can replenish qi. If nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite occur, vitamin B6, metoclopramide, perphenazine, etc. It can be taken orally, and Yushu Dan can be used in severe cases.

(5) Long-term medication may lead to mold infection in the oral cavity, such as punctate leukoplakia and ulcer.

Therefore, rinse your mouth with 2% soda water or 4% compound boric acid solution before going to bed and after meals to prevent mold growth. If leukoplakia is broken, 0.5% ~ 1% tetracaine or 2% lidocaine 1 ~ 2 drops can be applied to the surface of oral ulcer to relieve pain, or 0.5% ~ 1% alum solution can be used before meals.

(6) If there is discomfort in the liver area, jaundice or frequent urination, urgency, hematuria, fever, bloody stool, skin ulcer, etc. During taking the medicine, you should not treat it lightly and seek medical advice in time.

(7) Adriamycin is toxic to myocardium, so patients with myocardial damage should use it with caution. Other patients should pay attention to the electrocardiogram, and it is better to observe it once a week 1 time if conditions permit. When injecting large doses of methotrexate, you should drink more boiled water to accelerate the discharge of drug toxins and reduce side effects. Lomustine should be taken on an empty stomach or before going to bed, which can alleviate its gastrointestinal damage. Bleomycin may have fever and allergic reaction, so 2.5mg can be injected into muscle first and observed for 24 hours. If there is no response, it can be injected according to the conventional dose.

(8) Chemotherapeutic drugs have a certain dose and cycle. Don't increase or decrease the dose at will, and don't change the cycle to shorten the time. You should know that haste makes waste.