What are the dietary concerns of tuberculosis patients?

  The diet of tuberculosis patients should pay attention to the following aspects: 1. Alcohol consumption is prohibited during anti-tuberculosis treatment to avoid triggering or aggravating the occurrence of drug-related liver damage.  2. Minimize the consumption of irritating foods such as chili peppers.  3, during the progressive stage of inflammation of the lesion, try to eat less food that can easily promote or aggravate the inflammatory response, that is, food that is commonly known as easily “on fire” and “with hair”. For example, rooster, carp, some barbecued meat products can easily cause the body histamine amines and other amine bioactive substances related to the occurrence of inflammatory reactions, some fish inhibit monoamine oxidase activity can also indirectly cause amine bioactive substances, some seafood fish and shrimp increase the burden of monoamine oxidase or exceed the body’s ability to compensate for the formation of monoamine oxidase, these foods may contribute to the inflammatory or allergic reactions These foods may contribute to the occurrence or aggravation of inflammatory or allergic reactions, and should be eaten sparingly. It has been confirmed that some fish can inhibit monoamine oxidase activity and promote the rise of histamines in the body, which may aggravate inflammatory reactions on the one hand, and may also contribute to the occurrence of allergic reactions on the other.  4, the diet should be light, nutritious, rich in multivitamins and appropriate amount of protein.  There are some controversies about the issue of “avoidance”. Some western doctors suggest that beef, mutton, fish and shrimp are rich in protein and do not need to be avoided, while some doctors believe that these foods are “hairy” and easily “on fire” and should be avoided. Some doctors believe that these foods are “hairy” and easy to “catch fire” and should be avoided. In fact, this problem has to be analyzed in specific issues, such as herdsmen would have been the main diet of beef, lamb, fishermen would have been the main diet of fish and shrimp, these people have a strong ability to form monoamine oxidase, these people suffer from tuberculosis after eating these foods will not necessarily promote or aggravate the inflammatory response. The statement that Western medicine does not “avoid eating” is a misunderstanding of Western medicine nutrition, Western medicine has dietary restrictions on many diseases, such as “diabetic diet”, “low salt diet” for hypertensive patients “low-fat diet”, “low cholesterol diet”, protein intake restrictions for uremic patients, etc.