Eat several times a day: 5 to 6 times, with small meals and snacks, small amounts cause less nausea than large amounts;
Avoid foods with strong smells: such as coffee, fish, onion and garlic;
If you can, ask someone to prepare your food: the smell of the food also causes nausea. Without forgetting, of course, to avoid contact with strong odors such as perfumes.
It is also important to know that, normally, nausea subsides a few days after applying the treatment. When chemotherapy ends, these symptoms also disappear.
However, as nausea usually has several causative factors, such as other medications, gastritis, some degree of intestinal obstruction, radiotherapy, among others, it may persist. Therefore, it is very important to identify all causes of nausea during treatment so that they can be specifically treated.
Sources: Duilio Rocha Filhohead of the oncology unit at HUWC (Walter Cantídio University Hospital), which is part of the UFC-CE Hospital Complex (Federal University of Ceará) and linked to the Ebserh Network (Brazilian Hospital Services Company); Juliana de Amorim Matosmedical oncologist at HUPAA/UFAL (Alberto Antunes University Hospital of the Federal University of Alagoas) and linked to Rede Ebserh (Brazilian Hospital Services Company); Maria Del Pilar Estevez Saysdirector of clinical staff at ICESP (São Paulo State Cancer Institute); Rodrigo Guedesclinical oncologist and coordinator of Oncologia D´or – Regional Bahia.
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