Leukemia is a malignant clonal disease of hematopoietic stem cells, and its treatment methods are very difficult and expensive. So, is there a simple treatment method? Don't worry, today I will recommend several dietary therapies for everyone, which may be helpful to you.
Pay attention to the reasonable combination of dietary structure, eat less spicy and irritating food, and eat fresh vegetables as much as possible. Patients who have habitual constipation before the illness should especially pay attention to supplementing foods rich in cellulose. Try to maintain smooth daily bowel movements to prevent constipation from aggravating hemorrhoids or inducing anal fissures, which increases the chance of local infection. Based on years of clinical experience, all foods that are difficult to digest or have special irritations, such as spicy, raw and cold, greasy, and fishy, should be avoided. The general dietary principle is mainly vegetarian, with a meat-to-vegetable ratio of 3:7 being ideal.
Pay attention to food hygiene and avoid eating raw, cold, overnight, or spoiled food. Fresh fruits must be washed and peeled before eating.
Try to avoid eating hard or fried foods. For fish and meat products, try to remove bones and spines to prevent hard objects from piercing the oral mucosa during eating, which can lead to oral ulcers or even secondary local infections.
Increase nutrition and provide a high-protein, high-vitamin, and high-calorie diet. Food and utensils should be disinfected.
Consume more foods rich in iron. One of the main manifestations of leukemia is anemia. Therefore, while receiving drug treatment, patients are encouraged to often eat some iron-rich foods, such as peas, black beans, green vegetables, red dates, brown sugar, black fungus, sesame paste, egg yolk, etc.
Eat small, frequent meals that are easy to digest. Leukemia patients, especially during the treatment process, often have many reactions in the digestive system, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea, etc. At this time, you can adopt the method of eating small, frequent meals, or in addition to three meals, add some small-volume, high-calorie, and nutritious foods, such as pastries, chocolate, bread, kiwis, fresh vegetable juices, etc.
Eat more foods rich in vitamins. About 70-90% of cancer patients have varying degrees of vitamin deficiency in their bodies. Taking a large amount of vitamin C can also enhance the body's local matrix resistance and overall immune function, thereby achieving the goal of controlling and treating cancer.