Artificial nutrition | End-stage colorectal cancer

Artificial nutrition

Artificial nutrition may become necessary under certain circumstances in the course of colon cancer or due to certain treatments. In this case, important nutrients are given directly into the bloodstream via the vein, thus completely bypassing and relieving the intestine. For example, after major intestinal surgery, artificial nutrition becomes temporarily necessary until the surgical wounds have healed sufficiently. During the course of the disease, rapid weight loss and loss of appetite can also occur, which are temporarily treated with artificial nutrition to provide the body with the necessary energy.

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