Can cancer patients travel even during the New Year holiday? What should I pay attention to when traveling?

Many cancer patients will choose to stay at home for illness during holidays, but in fact, going out for a walk can ease their mood and help their illness. So how to evaluate whether cancer patients can travel? What should I pay attention to when traveling?

Can cancer patients travel?

Relatives and friends of cancer patients may think that most people will feel physically and mentally exhausted when traveling during the Spring Festival, not to mention cancer patients facing cancer? But in fact, if cancer patients want to travel with their relatives and friends during the Spring Festival holiday, they can tell their doctors about their travel itinerary first, and ask the attending doctor to conduct a comprehensive health assessment before traveling to see if the current physical condition is suitable for traveling. If they get the doctor's permission, they can travel. Don't just decide whether you can travel based on your self-feeling. You should also go to the hospital for a physical examination after traveling to master your health.

Patients receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy are prone to fatigue due to treatment methods. Therefore, to limit the intensity and density of travel, you must ask a doctor to evaluate your physical condition before deciding whether to travel. Generally speaking, patients who have just removed tumors for less than 3 months are more suitable to walk around their homes because their bodies have not recovered and their resistance is weak. Pay attention to their physical strength and are not suitable for long-distance travel. Patients who have just finished chemotherapy are usually weak in skin, hematopoietic function and immune system and are not suitable for long-distance travel. However, after about 1 month, the hematopoietic system has been restored and they can travel short distances. If their condition is stable after more than three months, they can travel. In addition, patients with breast cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer and intestinal cancer. Thrombosis is more likely to form, so it is more suitable for short-distance travel and not suitable for travel that requires continuous and long-term transportation.

What should cancer patients pay attention to when traveling?

1. Try not to fly: When traveling far away from cancer patients, it is best not to choose a plane as a means of transportation, because when flying at high altitude, changes in air pressure and oxygen concentration will affect the human body, which may increase brain pressure, make the brain swollen and painful, and cause headache and nausea and vomiting. The change of air pressure will also aggravate the swelling and pain of the wound and cause lymphedema, especially in patients with brain cancer and lymphoma.

2. Carry a "first aid card" with you: If the doctor evaluates that the patient can travel, he can ask the doctor to make a "first aid card" for him, which should clearly state the information such as illness, diagnosis and treatment plan, and medication. , including the name, address, telephone number and other information of the emergency contact. And carry it all the way on the trip. If there is an emergency, the rescuer or doctor can know the patient's condition quickly.

3. Prepare enough medicines: except cold medicines, painkillers, carsickness medicines, etc. Need to prepare for the trip, it is recommended that patients prepare more than 2 times the dose of anti-tumor drugs. In addition to carrying it with you, please ask your relatives and friends to keep another copy, in case you can't find the medicine in an emergency, or the medicine is lost and the travel itinerary is temporarily extended, but there is no medicine available.

4. A small amount of balanced diet: Because the immunity of cancer patients is low, it is necessary to take a small amount of meals, especially according to the patient's digestive ability. Don't eat many scenic spots or roadside snacks inexplicably, try to eat in big hotels and bring your own tableware.

5. Avoid long-term sun exposure: Patients who have received chemotherapy and radiotherapy will be more sensitive to direct sunlight, so if they need to be outdoors or on the beach for a long time, they need to wear sunglasses, sun hats, umbrellas, sun protection clothes and take protective measures.