On nutrient
Proteins
The body uses proteins to promote growth and repair and maintenance of tissues and different cells, and maintain their natural, and while not receiving child proteins enough, it becomes more slowly in the healing and recovery, and is susceptible to capture the types of infection, and of course will need the child's body to larger quantities of proteins after receiving treatments of surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, and, in fact, the child with these processors to more than 50% of the proteins more than the average child in the same age.
Carbohydrate and fat
Availability of carbohydrates and fat calories as a source of energy, and adopt the child's needs of these calories on its size, age and level of activities of physical and needs of children and adolescents, of course, the more calories to cover the needs of natural growth and an increased need when you receive treatments, tumors of different, where the needs How the child to more than calories by 20% for the average child, to cover the energy needs of the tissue to recover.
Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamins and minerals play an essential role in biological processes the body, which ensures many types of natural growth and physical development and enable the appropriate body to take advantage of the calories with food, and while the patient receives a balanced diet picks up enough of the vitamins and minerals naturally, but that in some cases, may recommend the physician to address doses of vitamins intensive day when you receive treatments, and here we refer to the need to exercise caution and not be taken without consultation and approval, and determined the types of intake and dosage, as some types, and doses is balanced, interfere with the functions of chemotherapy drugs and reduce effectiveness.
Water and fluids
Is to maintain perfusion of appropriate body and to receive adequate amounts of water and fluids from the vital aspects of child health, both while receiving treatments and drugs, chemical, and to manage side effects, or the necessity vital for the body to carry out his functions for the level best, as well as to avoid the drought and its complications that may with a patient while his body perfusion rates fall, and does not address enough fluids, or lose as a result of vomiting or diarrhea.
And symptoms of dehydration in addition to depression of activity and feeling dizzy repeated, the appearance of dry mouth and lips, and change the color of urine to dark, and of simple tests to investigate the drought when the child, that is a CD-skin over the subject of breast chest, the light skin, upright and did not return to its natural form it is a sign of a drought and a lack of fluids, and should in this case to notify the physician when you notice any of these signs, as needed consulted about the amount of fluid necessary needs of the child and should be addressed in order to avoid the emergence of drought has.
And in this regard, we note the need to care and care in the selection of the quality of water supplied to the patient, either for drinking or cooking foods, especially in areas suffering from problems related to drinking water, such as water, brackish or salt, preferably, of course, dealt with sterile water bottled from reliable sources, to avoid to the problems of water and the effects on vital organs, especially kidneys.
