Patients with lupus erythematosus should avoid foods that tend to aggravate or trigger the disease as well as photosensitive foods, such as seafood, cilantro, mushrooms and chili peppers. Meanwhile, avoid drinking strong tea, coffee and alcoholic beverages.
Lupus erythematosus patients should pay attention to light taste, eat less and more frequent meals, avoid foods that may aggravate or trigger the disease, such as seafood, chili peppers, chili fries, hot pots, etc., and avoid drinking strong tea, coffee and alcoholic beverages, as well as photosensitizing foods, such as shiitake mushrooms, cilantro, celery, leeks and so on.
In addition, patients with lupus erythematosus need to eat more food containing high quality protein, high vitamin, low salt, low fat and high calcium, such as eggs, milk, kale, broccoli and fruits, etc. They should avoid direct sunlight for a long time, do a good job of protecting themselves from sunlight, do not wear synthetic fiber clothing, and try not to use cosmetics and hair dyes.
Patients diagnosed with lupus erythematosus are advised to go to the rheumatology and immunology department and nutrition department of regular hospitals for professional dietary advice.