Contents:
- Medical Video: How Is Cervical Cancer Diagnosed and Treated?
- 1. Choose healthy foods
- 2. Balance your rest and exercise time
- 3. Consider contraception and intimate activities besides sex
Medical Video: How Is Cervical Cancer Diagnosed and Treated?
When you are diagnosed with cervical cancer, of course besides doing cancer treatment and treatment, your doctor will also advise you to adopt a healthy lifestyle. What are the lifestyle changes after cervical cancer?
1. Choose healthy foods
Cancer treatment may affect your appetite and eliminate your appetite. Nausea is usually a complaint of cancer patients. If cancer treatment causes your weight to drop dramatically, consult a medical professional or nutritionist about how to keep your weight stable. Don't let this problem drag on, because cancer treatment will take a long time.
If you feel nausea, eat smaller portions with more frequent frequency every two or three hours. You can also try snacking to meet important protein and calorie needs to speed healing and maintain your weight. If you want to find out which food menu is suitable for cancer sufferers, you can see it here.
Start consuming antioxidants (vitamins A, C, and E), carbohydrates, healthy fats, protein, vitamins and minerals, and water regularly. Vegetables and fruit are good sources of vitamins and minerals.
Eating foods that are suitable for your condition, can help keep your weight stable after treatment.
2. Balance your rest and exercise time
When undergoing cancer treatmentYou may feel tired easily. Therefore, you need to balance activity and rest. If you feel fatigue prolonged, immediately consult with your doctor
This feeling of fatigue often causes cancer patients not to have enough energy to move, especially exercise. Appropriate exercise can help reduce fatigue and depression.
If you want to exercise, consult your doctor about the type and intensity of physical activity that suits your condition. What are the benefits of exercise for cancer patients?
- Improve your cardiovascular fitness (heart and circulation).
- Make your muscles stronger.
- Reduces fatigue.
- Reducing anxiety and depression.
- Make you feel happier.
- Helps you feel better psychologically.
Leisurely walking for 30 minutes on a regular basis can provide significant changes. These lifestyle changes will also help improve the quality of your life.
3. Consider contraception and intimate activities besides sex
Chemotherapy can make your vagina dry and libido decreases. Radiation therapy can even damage your ovary and change the lining of the vagina. That's why you need to discuss this with the medical team and especially with your partner. You and your partner need to think about other intimate activities so that you both stay close in these difficult times.
Also, if you have never had a hysterectomy and are undergoing radiation or chemotherapy, you should consider using contraception. It is wise to avoid pregnancy during the treatment period because treatments for cervical cancer patients are dangerous for the womb. Although radiation and chemotherapy can reduce fertility, this does not mean you will not get pregnant at all.
