What are the reasons why cancer patients don't want to eat?

original title: What are the reasons why cancer patients don't want to eat?80% of patients with advanced and middle-stage tumors have some degree of anorexia. Do not want to eat, eat less, the body needs protein, vitamins and other nutrients lack, low immunity, early and medium-term tumor patients may cause the disease recurrence, patients in the middle and late stage may lead to the deterioration of the disease. Anorexia - undernutrition - the evil quality is the most common and headache problem in cancer patients. Patients suffering, family anxious, how to recognize and solve this problem?the reason that cancer patients do not want to eat1, middle and late stage tumor patients often have anorexia, because the tumor tissue itself secretes substances can sometimes suppress appetite. If there is a bad disease, it is easy to feel vulnerable.2, radiation, chemotherapy, side effects of targeted and immunotherapy can also cause anorexia, although anti-spitting drugs can control vomiting, but can not reduce anorexia and promote appetite.first, because chemotherapy and even some targeted drug treatments cause distaste confusion, the mouth jaw and neck tumor will also be due to the deterioration of the tumor caused by the loss of taste. For some foods taste bitter or stink, especially meat. So after chemotherapy treatment may cause aversion to certain things, the most common foods are meat, eggs, baked food and tomatoes. These changes in taste and smell eventually lead to poor appetite and weight loss in cancer patients.second, chemotherapy treatment will cause pain or difficulty swallowing, especially oral and head and neck tumors, targeted treatment may also cause oral ulcers, slow gastrointestinal peristalsis and other problems. Abdominal surgery or radiotherapy can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and even indigestion.3, the digestive system tumor itself affects the normal operation of digestive function, such as liver cancer, pancreatic cancer and other patients often have anorexia phenomenon.4, tumor co-infection, the application of antibiotics can kill the digestive tract normal bacteria, so that digestion is reduced, but also can cause anorexia.5, common complications of tumor patients such as fever, pain, abdominal water, intracranial hypertension, etc., can cause anorexia6, some patients depression anxiety, belong to the nervosa;what about patients with dysphagia? Jian'an Food Small Editors tell you that in the production of food process appropriate use of compounding edible thickeners for thickening, change the characteristics of food, help swallow smooth, thereby reducing the risk of mis-absorption, improve the patient's nutritional level intake.
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