Managing Your Child's Eating Problems During Cancer Treatment

ยท National Cancer Institute
eBook
33
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About this eBook

Discusses what nutrition problems parents may expect with different cancer treatments and lists simple steps to try at home to manage them. Covers the following treatments and their possible side effects: surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and biological therapy. Discusses how to cope with such side effects as loss of appetite, sore mouth or throat, changed sense of taste, dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, weight gain, tooth decay, and lactose intolerance. Provides information on how to serve more protein and calories. Also contains a glossary of terms and definitions related to diet, nutrition, and cancer treatment.

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