Report of Tribunnews Journalist, Fitri Wulandari
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Nutrition has an important role for cancer patients who are undergoing therapy or treatment.
Because, the fulfillment of nutrition, meaning they can maintain their body weight, prevent complications. Including increasing endurance.
This increase in endurance will certainly affect further actions in efforts to deal with the disease.
However, during this treatment, the patient may find it difficult to swallow solid textured food because of experiencing oral thrush and a bitter mouth.
Doctor of Nutrition dr Dedyanto Henky Saputra, M.Gizi, said that cancer patients can try to consume food in liquid form to maintain their nutritional intake during the treatment period.
“Difficulty consuming solid nutrition can be replaced with liquid nutrition, as a complement or substitute (during) before, during and after therapy,” said Dr. Dedyanto, in the webinar ‘Media Gathering Nutrican 2021’, which was held by PT Kalbe Farma Tbk, Thursday ( 25/2/2021).
According to him, proper nutrition will optimize cancer therapy in patients.
This was also confirmed by artist and cancer survivor Shahnaz Haq, who admitted that his appetite had also dropped dramatically while undergoing treatment.
This, in turn, has an impact on body weight and endurance.