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Have Throat Cancer, Hurts To Swallow. Need Liquid Diet Plan
My brother has throat cancer & cannot eat much & hardly drinks any liquid apart from custard & ice-cream. Even though he has been told by doctors to try & increase the amount 0f fluids, he refuses because it hurts him to swallow. Will the custard & ice cream help at all. Thank you Cherry
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
initial 3months after radiation for throat cancer causes great discomfort but nutrition has to be maintained. yes ice creams and custard do help. also give him yoghurt, fruit juices, vegetable soups, porridge as much as possible. strict diet plan is not important. it is important he takes as much as possible. you need to ensure that he takes atleast 3litres of liquid orally in any form. give him atleast 200 to 250ml every one to two hours. small frequent meals would help him
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