Monday, October 31, 2022 – 10:44 am WIB
LIVING lifestyle – Patient cancer baby it must be monitored continuously, not only during treatment but also in nutritional intake. The deadly danger lurks when the patient’s nutritional intake childhood cancer diminished even away from their needs, it can lead to death.
Pediatrician, Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, RSCM / FKUI dr. Cut Nurul Hafifah SpA (K) stated that the impact of nutritional deficiencies on pediatric cancer patients cannot be underestimated. Dr. Cut said, lack nutrition or malnutrition it can have a fatal impact on children with an increased care burden that can be life-threatening. Scroll down for more information.
“Malnutrition in children with cancer can reduce the quality of life, lengthen treatment and increase the burden of care, even the risk of death,” he recently said at the 6th YOAI virtual event entitled Child nutrition problems during chemotherapy. .
Dr Cut said the long-term impact on malnutrition itself began with the child’s suboptimal growth and development. Furthermore, the long-term impact will increasingly be felt on the intelligence of children in school with a decline in achievement.
Illustration of hepatitis in children
“Children with cancer at high risk of malnutrition are those who have advanced solid cancer or relapsed blood cancer,” he explained.
Therefore, Dr Cut said, nutritional management is needed in children with cancer. Treatment is differentiated between low-risk and high-risk patients. In general, the food provided is a nutritionally balanced menu. It consists of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vegetables or fruits, and liquids.
