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Good Nutrition for cancer patients
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Mar 29, 2021
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hello and welcome back so before match
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ends uh i just want us to talk about
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cancer and in this video today we are
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going to talk about good nutrition
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for cancer patients so we are going to
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know what cancer is
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we are going to discuss what nutrition
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is what malnutrition is
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we're also going to talk about
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importance of good nutrition
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before treatment during treatment and
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after treatment
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we're also going to talk about the side
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effects that come about
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when you're on treatment for cancer and
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finally we are going to talk about how
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to maintain
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good nutrition when you are a cancer
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patient
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cancer is a group of diseases that
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involve
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abnormal cell growth that has the
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potential to invade
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and spread to other parts of the body
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malnutrition occurs when the body does
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not get the nutrients it requires in
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their right amounts
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how do you identify malnutrition so you
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don't need to go to the hospital for you
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to be diagnosed as malnourished
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there are other obvious signs and
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symptoms that can tell you when you're
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malnourished you as a caretaker you as a
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patient
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you're able to notice when you starting
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to get malnourished
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the most common symptom is that most of
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your clothes
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that used to fit you well would start
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being loose okay there you are going to
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have visible ribs visible bones because
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of the
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weight loss and also muscle loss so the
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most common signs and symptoms of
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malnutrition would include
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lack of appetite are being very
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reachable
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lack of concentration increased
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infections hypothermia depression
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delayed wound healing a risk of
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developing more complications especially
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for
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patients that have undergone operations
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and so perhaps you need to know what
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uh what is the importance of having a
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good nutrition
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uh before you start your treatment so
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before you
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you start your treatment you need to
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think meal planning you need to
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plan your meals very well so that you
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include very balanced
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meals you include meals and
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foods that would make you get the
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nutrients that you need
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before treatment you are building your
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stores you are building your energy
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stores
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so if you eat balanced foods you eat uh
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you make a good choice of the foods that
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you eat
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you're able to make a good storage of
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your energy stores
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that would help you during the treatment
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so before treatment you need to think
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about meal planning plan your meals very
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well
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good nutrition is also important during
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treatment because we all know that
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during
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chemotherapy and during treatment it
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comes along with very very many side
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effects so many people develop
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very extreme symptoms when they
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undergoing
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chemotherapy and this may include
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vomiting diarrhea
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nausea and also loss of hair amongst
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others
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so good nutrition is important during
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treatment because you
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want to maintain a healthy weight and
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when you have vomiting and diarrhea
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you're losing
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so many nutrients you're losing so many
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electrolytes
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and you're also going to develop
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electrolyte imbalance so good nutrition
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is important during treatment
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so that you can be able to manage these
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side effects i'm going to talk about how
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to manage these side effects uh towards
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the end of the video
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but for now uh talking about um
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still talking about good nutrition
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during treatment
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you are able to better tolerate the
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treatment chemotherapy is a bit
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strong for most people and therefore
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when you go for chemotherapy when you've
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not eaten when you don't have
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energy stores like i've said before then
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you're most likely not
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able to tolerate the treatment also
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there's a very low risk of infections
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because you're already on chemotherapy
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that's already strong medication you
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don't want to fall
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to get other infections that also
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require other medications
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treatments also involve surgery so when
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you undergo surgery good nutrition will
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help you
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recover quick from the wounds okay and
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quicker wound healing means you go home
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very quickly and also avoid
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hospital related infections unless
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you're able to maintain your nutrients
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those okay
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because of the side effects that are
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related to chemotherapy and other
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types of treatment for cancer patients
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you
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do not want to lose all the nutrients
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that you have and so how do you manage
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these side effects that come about
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during cancer treatment so for patients
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that have cancers that affect the git
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the gastrointestinal tract
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this uh we are talking about the
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esophageal cancer we are talking about
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the gastric cancer we are talking about
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the colorectal cancer
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these are the cancers that affect the
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git patients with this kind of
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cancers may develop major major problems
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especially with food
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for instance a patient with esophageal
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cancer may have dysphagia and this fat
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simply means they have difficulty in
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soloing or they may have pain when they
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are swallowing that means
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that patient is not getting the
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nutrients that they require that means
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this is a potential
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malnutrition case awaiting so for a
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patient like this you need to find a way
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to
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make the sure the patient is able to eat
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despite the fact that
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they have difficulty solving for
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instance if this patient has difficulty
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in soloing solid foods
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okay you can make the food
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to a consistency that the patient can
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eat without difficulty this may include
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blending or mushing the food
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at the same time if the patient is
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unable to to swallow those smashed
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foods you can as well uh put the patient
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on a fluid that
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blend the food and add more fluids to it
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so that the patient has
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an ample time when swallowing that is
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one way of dealing
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with um some of the signs and symptoms
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of
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that these patients with cancer present
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but then
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there are other side effects that come
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when the patient has already started
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treatment
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and this side effects the most common
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one is nausea and nausea is just the
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strong feeling that you feel like you
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want to vomit
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and therefore vomiting eventually follow
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like i've said when you vomit you're
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losing
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so many electrolytes sodium potassium
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chloride
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these uh electrolytes are very important
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in the body therefore you're creating
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electrolyte imbalance
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another side effect like i said is
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diarrhea and at the same time just like
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vomiting when you have diarrhea you're
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losing out on very many
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electrolytes like sodium potassium
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chloride like i've said before
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so the effects are the same when a
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patient has nausea
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you need to let the patient rest because
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when you have nausea and you force the
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patient to eat the food that
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will come out so that is a loss allow
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the patient to choose
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the foods that they wish to eat because
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uh
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if you're giving the patient for
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instance rice and beans
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and the patient complains that the beans
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knows yet him or her
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then it's only ways to replace that food
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with the what the patient can eat
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okay you want the patient to get the new
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trend so you don't
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uh want to force the patient to eat
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because there's a potential
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vomiting crisis waiting so you need to
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give the patient
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the foods that they wish to eat so that
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the patient get the nutrients
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that they require and so the hack here
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is when the patient is nauseated
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allow the patient to eat while sitting
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up you see
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okay most patients who are on treatment
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may feel a bit of fatigue
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and they want to lay down on bed even
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when they are eating this is not
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actually recommended because when the
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patient is nauseated and you're feeding
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that patient
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while the patient is lying down there's
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higher chances the patient may vomit
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so allow the patient to sit up while
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they're eating
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allow the patient to eat as slowly as
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they wish to
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don't trash the patient those don't
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force the patient to eat
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also you need to encourage small
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frequent meals okay small frequent meals
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is better than blood
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uh meals and then the patient vomits so
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small frequent meals
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allow the patients to eat a little bit
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of some food
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allow them to rest for a while and then
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give them food again
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this would ensure the patient is able to
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at least eat enough for that day
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when the patient is vomiting encourage
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the patient to not lie on their back or
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on their stomach
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tell the patient to lie on their side
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this really helps with vomiting
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also don't force the patient to eat
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immediately after vomiting
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that one is not recommended okay keep
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the patient hydrated give the patient a
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lot of fluids
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according to what the patient likes
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prefer a little bit of liquids
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compared to solids okay make sure the
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patient remains hydrated because during
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vomiting there's a lot of fluids
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being lost alongside other electrolytes
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there are some foods which have
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unpleasant smells
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and this this can be specific to a
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patient if the patient complains that
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the food is and
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has an unpleasant smell you need to omit
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that food
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because if you come if you keep serving
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the patient that kind of food
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that would mean this the patient will
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still
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vomit also you can get medication
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prescribed that would help the patient
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manage from eating
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okay sometimes just this uh omission of
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food or restricting of food may not be
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entirely helpful
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you can get the patient some prescribed
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medicine medication
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you can get yourself medication
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prescribed so that you can be able to
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manage the vomiting so that you can be
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able to retain the nutrients and
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maintain a healthy weight and also
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tolerate the treatment
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for diarrhea it's the same case as
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vomiting you know during the year the
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patient is losing so many
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fluids you need to keep the patient
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hydrated give the patient so many fluids
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lastly we are going to talk about mold
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cells muscles are small
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uh sores in your mouth when you have
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sores in your mouth you realize it's
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very very difficult for you even to chew
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food first thing you can do is get
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medications for the muscles
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and aside from that you need to stay
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away from acidic foods
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there are some foods which are very
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spiced very
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acidic we can talk a take an example of
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a lemon an
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orange some foods that were spiced can
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really provoke the sauce in your mouth
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and this would make the case
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more serious than it was so avoid eating
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foods that are too
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hot or too cold and carried small
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frequent meals because like i said when
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you have monkeys it's very difficult to
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chew food
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it's important to change the consistency
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of the food if it's uh
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solid foods are giving you a time to
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chew you can obviously blend you can
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obviously mash
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a cut into smaller pieces that you can
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easily chew maintain
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high levels of dental hygiene when
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you're dealing with mouth sauce
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so that you don't create more problems
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than what you really have
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so having talked about the side effects
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the side effects of chemo
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the side effects of cancer treatment are
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so many but you need to know how to
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manage these size effects so that the
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patient does not
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become malnourished so good nutrition is
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very important for cancer patients
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and therefore this takes me to the last
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point how do you maintain
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good nutrition when you are a cancer
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patient
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so number one of course is to eat small
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fruits and vegetables like i always say
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half of your plate should be full of
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fruits
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and vegetables unless you have any other
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problem i totally recommend more fruits
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and vegetables these are the sources of
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more vitamins more
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minerals these are the the kinds of
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foods that are going to help you boost
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your immunity
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and when your immunity is boosted that
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means you can tolerate
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the treatment that means you won't have
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any more infections that means you're
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able
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to eat and maintain a good health prefer
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uh whole and processed foods okay
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you want to get more even from small
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bits of food
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because like i said encourage we have
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encouraged
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small frequent meals so many times and
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when you're eating a small amount of
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food you want that food to be so
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worth it so that even if you're unable
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to eat large amounts you're already
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getting something from it
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so unprocessed whole foods will provide
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more
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nutrients more fiber that you need as
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compared to processed foods that are all
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over the supermarket
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another thing is to take enough water
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keep
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hydrated at all times take at least
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eight glasses of water every day that is
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going to be helpful for you
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before during and even after treatment
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and lastly we're talking about exercise
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exercising it's important to
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to keep your body active so that you
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don't
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end up developing overweight obesity
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etc so uh i don't know if this video has
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been helpful for you i know i have not
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answered all the questions that you may
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have if you have any questions you can
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always leave them on the comment section
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below
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and thank you so much for joining me
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today until next time
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bye
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