Skin complications Treatment area:
During treatment, the skin is treated with dandruff and itching. It is important to avoid treating it with scratching, scrubbing, or any environmental stimulation in the area. Do not use any powder, ointment or cream in this area.
Most of these symptoms disappear within a few weeks of treatment. The skin’s darkness may last longer. Inform your doctor immediately if skin symptoms intensify and skin surface secretions or blister and ulcers develop.
Wear cool, loose and even casual clothes.
Protect the marked area of treatment and be careful not to sweep away symptoms.
Avoid scratching, taking medication and powder or cosmetics, and even washing the area of treatment even if you are allergic.
Washing the treatment area creates two forms:
A. Frequently, the skin reaction resulting from treatment is exacerbated.
B. Symptoms that have been developed on the skin to determine the area of treatment are cleared.
Hair loss in the area occurs in different intensities. Radiation therapy will not affect the hair of the rest of the body. In most cases hair growth will be normal after treatment, but the amount of hair regeneration will depend on the area of treatment and the amount of radiation given.
You may have anorexia in the course of radiation therapy. Changes in healthy cells can cause nausea, stomach pain, taste changes, changes in food flavor and swallowing disorder, or other issues that result in an anorexia.
Patients who receive external radiation therapy should not be disturbed for a few weeks. Even if you do not have the desire to eat, try to even deliver the protein and calorie content to your body.
Nutrition and anorexia disorder can slow down the repair of damaged healthy tissues by reducing your body’s strength. One of the important points for the continuation of full and adequate food intake is to tolerate the treatment and its complications.
Patients who have a better nutritional status and better tolerate the treatment.
Consider the following points to improve nutrition:
Take a few steps before taking any meals to increase your appetite.
• Whenever you feel hungry, you can eat, even if you have dinner or no lunch. You can even eat light meals every day instead of three large meals.
• Create a good environment for eating. You can use low light, appropriate music and happy colors for tablecloths and nourishment or any medium and environment that can increase appetite.
• Use your diverse and desirable foods.
• If you enjoy friends or friends, try to eat with them.
• Use drinks that you like to eat with food.
• If you’re really anorexia and your food intake is low, it’s best to use high-calorie foods such as butter or margarine, mixed-nutritional dishes, and creamy cream.
• If you do not want solid foods, use fluids that contain high energy content such as milk powder, yogurt, eggs, honey or nutrients.
• If you are suffering from chewing or swallowing, you should use soft and fluid foods.
• One of the most important causes of anorexia in patients is anxiety and fear caused by the disease. By maintaining your mental relaxation you can have more physical health, vitality and appetite
If radiation therapy is performed on the stomach or intestine, gastric discomfort or diarrhea may occur. Your doctor will prescribe appropriate medications in these cases.
Some patients feel nauseous after radiation therapy. If you also have this, try not to eat a few hours before treating a heavy meal, it’s probably less likely to be nauseated when your stomach is empty.
If you have pain in the stomach, you can eat apple with apple juice before the treatment. Gastric pain usually appears in people who have anxiety and worries about their illness or treatment.
Use a stimulant (containing different spices) and contain high fat, and use cool beverages at meal intervals. Even the amount of food you eat is low, but you can increase your eating habits.
How to deal with diarrhea:
Diarrhea often occurs at the third or fourth week of radiotherapy in the abdominal region. In addition to the recommendations and medications that your doctor will prescribe, note the following:
• Use more fluids. Ask your doctor or nurse about the types of fluids you can take. Usually apple juice, light tea and meat juice are beneficial.
• Avoid using fluids and foods that cause gastrointestinal irritation (such as coffee, beans, cabbage, and spices).
• If your milk or its products cause gastrointestinal stimuli, stop using them or stop them.
• A daily diet rich in potassium can be offset by bananas, potatoes and carrots, or medicines containing minerals from potassium excreted.
Certainly, your digestive symptoms will improve after the termination of radiotherapy. Try to give your body the necessary nutrients and calories during the treatment, observing the notes.
