Choking on lean meat after esophageal cancer surgery

summary

A distant relative of mine has no strength after esophageal cancer surgery, and he began to choke when eating recently, such as eating lean meat. What's the reason?

Choking on lean meat after esophageal cancer surgery

First, if the patient is just finished surgery, then it should be mainly liquid food, meat is not suitable for swallowing

Second, the heat energy and nutrition requirements of homogenate diet can be formulated according to the patient's condition and personal eating habits. If you want to eat meat to avoid choking, you can use medical tissue masher or food masher to mash it before eating

Third, when the patient has a choking feeling, do not force swallowing, otherwise it will stimulate local cancer tissue bleeding, diffusion, metastasis and pain. When choking is serious, you should take liquid food or semi liquid food.

matters needing attention

Because the digestive function of patients with esophageal cancer after gastrectomy is not better than before, they should eat a cooked, rotten and digestible diet. Should not eat indigestible and spicy food. Usually drink more porridge, millet porridge is good, millet has the role of stomach, can also add red dates, job's tears, job's tears have spleen function.