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Tips on Healthy Eating Despite Terminal Illness
Illnesses, medications, and treatment may result in appetite loss, nausea, difficulty swallowing or breathing, feeling tired, and other bodily changes that come with terminal illnesses. All these might affect the way and how much you want to eat. Hospice Care in Burbank, California lists down some ways you or your loved ones can continue eating healthily despite the following conditions:
- When you’ve lost appetite
Hospice and Palliative Care understands that appetite loss may be due to sore mouth, difficulty swallowing, change of taste, or indigestion, which may be due to terminal illness or its treatment, so make sure that you choose the foods that appeal to you the most even if just in small portions. - When you’re feeling sick or nauseous
Your illness or treatment, even just the simple sight or smell of food or drink, can make you feel sick or wanting to vomit. If you’re feeling sick, try eating cold foods than hot, drinking fizzy drinks, or having someone else prepare your meal. - When you’re having difficulty swallowing
This is a common problem for persons with a terminal illness where they might cough or splutter, feel like food is stuck in their throat, or have more saliva than usual. In this case, a provider of palliative services in California prepares much easier and safer to eat food and drinks.
Let Bonum Hospice Services help you or your loved ones to continue living optimally. Contact us today!
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