Diet during kidney cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Diet for decreased hemogram

Chemotherapy for renal cancer can cause poor bone marrow regeneration, especially a decrease in white blood cells. To effectively prevent a decrease in blood count, patients should supplement their diet with high-protein foods during chemotherapy, such as milk, soybeans, lean meat, pig’s trotters, sea cucumbers, fish, animal livers, red dates, peanuts, walnuts, carrots, etc.

Diet for digestive tract toxicity

Chemotherapy for renal cancer can cause oral mucositis, which manifests as mucosal congestion, edema, ulcers, pain, etc. At this time, keep your mouth clean and brush your teeth after eating.

Chemotherapy damages the gastrointestinal mucosa, which may cause nausea, vomiting, upper abdominal pain, etc. At this time, you can eat appetizers, such as hawthorn, lentils, yam, white radish, mushrooms, etc.

Diet and prevention of liver damage

Some chemotherapy drugs can cause liver damage and increase transaminase. At this time, you should eat more bitter melon, mung bean sprouts, tea, mushrooms, fungus, hericium and other fungi, and eat more fruits rich in vitamins, such as kiwi, peach, apple, grape, etc.

If the liver function is severely damaged, you can stew crucian carp soup with 20g of Schisandra chinensis and 20g of wolfberry.

Diet and prevention of kidney damage

Some chemotherapy drugs can also cause kidney damage. When using such drugs, you should drink more water and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits (alkaline foods).

Once kidney damage occurs, you should limit protein intake, eat less salt, eat more animal kidneys, mullet, spinach and red amaranth, and you can also eat more foods rich in water and diuretic effects, such as watermelon, cucumber, winter melon, and loofah.

if you vomit during radiotherapy, you can drink ginger soup.

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