Introduction
Suffer most patients with cancer, to varying degrees and through various stages, from the problems of destitution diet, and weight loss and loss of appetite and not being able to receive nutrients adequate and balanced, and created these problems and exacerbated by a variety of reasons, which meets the patient and inspecting appetite and accepted for food, and hinder its ability to feed as natural sound, and consequently affect the body's vital processes, and most important of these reasons:
Change lifestyle and environment of the hospital just a presence.
The presence of a tumor in the digestive system or placements close to it affect the performance of its functions, making the patient unable to eat or feeling of fullness quickly, in addition to the lack of absorption of food.
Secretion of some types of tumors of the compounds and chemicals affect the brain's appetite, and affects some important minerals in the flavor and taste sensations.
Side effects of various treatments for tumors, particularly oral tissue complications, and the emergence of inflammation and changes in taste and taste, and difficulty swallowing, in addition to nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation varying their nuances.
Feelings and psychological tension and emotional stressors and emotional and depression, as well as fatigue and pain and suffering, which in turn exacerbates the loss of appetite.
Side effects of drug treatments for oncology support.
And the fact that the problems of nutrition and loss of appetite and lack of vulnerability to food is one of the dilemmas faced by parents and make them feel helpless and are driven to invent the means and enticements, and the various tricks, to pay for a sick child to dealing with and if the amounts of a few of the food, and may no longer end the meal a small victory, in some cases, but the important thing is to exert effort in feeding the patient in various ways, and not to leave things as is waiting to get better Tlqaúha, and appetite return to normal levels.
And of course, good nutrition and integrated play a key role in children's health, but they are vital and very important especially in children patients with cancer, the disease and treatments multiple directly affect the appetite of the patient and accept it for food, in addition to its impact on the viability and the ability the body use nutrients, and while feeding patients as an integrated and adequate, they become more able to afford the treatments and resistance to disease and progress in the stages of healing, and able properly to perform the various activities and growth are normal, and the important benefits of nutrition balanced and When sufficient processors tumors:
Raise the patient's ability to afford the treatments.
Reduce the side effects of treatments.
And urges that promote the recovery of tissues and vital organs.
Prevent nutritional deficiency and its complications, and enhance the natural growth.
And talk in the following paragraphs on the various aspects of nutrition to the child cancer patient, and start with a glance at the basic and essential nutrients, which include proteins, carbohydrates, fat and fluids, vitamins and minerals.
