After suffering from malignant tumors, the body will undergo great changes, resulting in more complications. Often, patients at this time will have negative mental manifestations and extremely poor mood, resulting in a decrease in appetite, and malnutrition will occur. So what are the dangers of malnutrition in patients with malignant tumors?
The harm of malnutrition in patients with malignant tumors
1. Malnutrition will affect the accuracy of radiotherapy.
2. Patients with malnutrition have great side effects, which will lead to failure of chemoradiotherapy.
3. Malnutrition will directly affect the therapeutic effect of chemoradiotherapy, and the prognosis of patients with good nutritional status is significantly better than those with malnutrition.
4. The incidence and mortality rate of postoperative complications increased.
5. Increase the incidence of side effects of chemoradiotherapy.
6. Increased the incidence of depression .
7. Reduce the patient's tolerance to anti-tumor treatment, prolong the hospital stay, and increase the short-term readmission rate; often accompanied by general discomfort such as fatigue, reducing the quality of life; the presence of cachexia may even shorten the survival time. It is not difficult to see that malnutrition has adverse effects on quality of life and survival time.
Take esophageal cancer as an example, patients with good nutritional status will have a two-year survival rate of more than 10% different from those with malnutrition. Correcting the patient's malnutrition can ensure the smooth progress of chemoradiotherapy and the ultimate therapeutic effect of the patient. Therefore, no matter what physical discomfort is in life, you must go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. Many diseases are caused by inadequate attention in the early stage and eventually lead to cancer. At this time, it is too late to regret. Moreover, you must face it positively after getting sick, so that you can always have a good attitude, and more importantly, you must ensure nutritional intake.
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