How can cancer patients improve their immunity?
1. Improve immunity through exercise
Research shows that if you exercise regularly but not too strenuously, the number of immune cells in your body will increase. In addition, regular exercise can improve blood circulation and make immune system cells work more efficiently.
Walking: Walking is a common form of aerobic exercise. Health is the greatest wealth. Walking can enhance physical fitness, balance the mind, and prevent and cure diseases. Walking is suitable for lung cancer patients to do aerobic exercise. Cancer patients can invite friends or family members to go for a walk in a beautiful place, which not only provides a moderate amount of whole-body exercise , not too intense, and can promote a good mood in the process of communicating with others. A good mood is of great help to the recovery of cancer patients.
Jogging: If the physical condition of cancer patients permits, they can engage in moderate jogging. Jogging has a positive effect on maintaining good heart function in middle-aged and elderly people. Cancer patients in middle-aged and elderly people can try jogging to prevent muscle atrophy, prevent and treat coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, etc. Therefore, cancer patients can engage in moderate jogging activities. Come and give your body extra points.
Tai Chi: Tai Chi is an aerobic exercise based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. Tai Chi is not a strenuous exercise. Patients can choose a quiet and beautiful environment to communicate. Tai Chi requires a peaceful mind, otherwise it will not be effective. In health-preserving Tai Chi, practice boxing, relaxation, breathing, and Qi in one mind, until the mind is strong enough, and the Qi power is used internally to transport blood. This is the ability to harmonize Yin and Yang - the power to cure diseases and keep fit.
Stretching exercises in bed: For lung cancer patients who are not recovering well, they can try stretching activities with the help of others. Long-term bed rest is also bad for the body, because long-term bed rest will cause muscle atrophy and metabolism. Slowing down, the body's skills gradually decline, so simple stretches can be performed in bed.
Cancer patients can strengthen their physique through simple physical exercises and reduce the adverse consequences caused by long-term lack of exercise. It is recommended that cancer patients can do some exercises within their ability to promote physical recovery.
2. Improve immunity through diet
In terms of diet, a balanced diet is the most important. The most common question that patients in recovery ask their doctors is how should I eat. There is actually no answer to this question. Doctors either cannot answer it, or they tell you every time that you need a balanced diet and balanced nutrition. In fact, this is indeed the case, because this is the basis for ensuring the normal functioning of the patient's body, especially maintaining immunity.
In addition to a balanced diet, patients can choose some healthy eating habits that suit them according to their own conditions, such as eating small meals more frequently, separating dry and dilute meals, and eating more selenium-containing foods. If you have time and energy, pursue it. The careful combination of various ingredients ensures a diversified diet.
3. Adjust mentality and improve immunity
An optimistic mentality can keep the human body in an optimal state and help patients better maintain their own immunity. If the psychological pressure is too great, it will lead to an increase in hormone components that have a suppressive effect on the immune system, thereby reducing immune function.
So are there any techniques that can help patients maintain an optimistic attitude as much as possible?
Get enough sleep.
Good interpersonal relationships. Patients and families need to build firm confidence.
Find your own hobbies, which can be playing chess, singing, a certain sport, or calligraphy. Photography, etc., try to find satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment in these hobbies, and feel happy. You can also read some interesting books or TV shows (cross talk, sketches, comedies, etc.)
4. Do not abuse antibiotics
Abuse of antibiotics will destroy your own immune system. Long-term and repeated irregular use of antibiotics can lead to imbalance of human flora and secondary infections, reduce the body's resistance, cause harm to hearing, liver, kidneys, etc., and can also cause allergic and toxic reactions. It is important to improve your immunity. Don’t believe the advertisements! Starting from these little things, I believe you will be fine.
5. Regular re-examinations and don’t believe them casually
Long-term re-examination and follow-up of cancer are also the top priority in the management of the entire disease process. Many patients are very confused about the review. After the last course of chemotherapy, the doctor will inform you of the regular review schedule. Of course, you can also ask the doctor about the time of the next review every time.
Don’t be embarrassed to ask. After each reexamination, you need to get the relevant examination report (including imaging CT, B-ultrasound and some basic blood routine and biochemistry, etc.) Show it to the doctor. Note that the slight fluctuations in these reports have no special meaning, so there is no need to panic.
If the doctor says there is no problem, there is actually no metastasis or recurrence. Don't get too hung up on the up and down arrows on the report sheet. Because if there are really obvious signs of metastasis and recurrence, the doctor will definitely continue to do other tests to confirm.
6. Active treatment to make up for the defense deficit caused by low immunity
For example, injection of thymosin drugs, interferon, etc. ?
During illness, maintaining the balance of the immune system is like running a marathon and requires long-term persistence. Patients, come on!