Avoiding Power Struggles
Friends and family often feel that helping you get enough to eat is one of the few ways they can contribute. They may even feel responsible if you are losing weight despite their efforts. It is not unusual for control battles to develop, when the patient feels as if their loved ones are forcing them to […]
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Nutrition after gastrectomy
Malnutrition can develop because of removal of all or part of the stomach. Important appetite cues are missing due to lack of hormones secreted by the stomach. Even without this problem, survivors are unable to eat normal volumes due to the smaller pouch that is available. The strategies used before surgery will also be helpful […]
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Working around Eating Problems
Depending on diagnosis, up to 85% of patients with cancer are at risk for losing too much weight too rapidly and developing malnutrition. Patients can lose muscle mass, slow healing and impact the function of the immune system. Even prior to diagnosis, many patients with cancer will complain http://www.nutrition-foundations.com/counseling/of poor appetite and notice difficulty tolerating certain […]
Take a TourGastric Cancer Nutrition, post surgery concerns
After the stomach is partially or completely removed, intake will be affected by lack of appetite due to changes in hormones secreted by the stomach combined with a significantly reduced capacity due to the smaller, surgically created pouch/stomach. The recommendations reviewed for the pre-surgery patient will continue to be useful here. Although the gastric pouch […]
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Gastric Cancer Nutrition prior to surgery
More than 70% of patients with gastric cancer develop malnutrition, depleting muscle mass, slowing healing and limiting the immune system. Part 1. Working around nutrition problems during chemotherapy and radiation The growth of any tumor within the stomach will limit intake and create problems with the digestion of food. Unfortunately, malnutrition can begin early, since […]
Take a TourPancreatic Cancer Nutrition, managing malabsorption
The pancreas is part of a highly effective and coordinated gastrointestinal (GI) tract that is designed to break down food into tiny pieces that can be absorbed across the wall of the small bowel into the blood stream. From there, nutrients are carried through the body and used for energy or to build new tissues. […]
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- Avoiding Power Struggles December 15, 2014
- Nutrition after gastrectomy October 25, 2014
- Working around Eating Problems October 25, 2014
- Gastric Cancer Nutrition, post surgery concerns October 24, 2014
- Gastric Cancer Nutrition prior to surgery October 24, 2014
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