Patients with brain injury should be fasted and hydrated in the acute stage, and after resuming eating, soft and easily digestible food should be the mainstay, and high protein diet and food rich in unsaturated fatty acids should be increased gradually and appropriately.
Patients with brain injury are often accompanied by headache, vomiting, drowsiness and other symptoms in the acute stage, and temporary fasting and water fasting are often recommended at this time. The duration of fasting and water fasting depends on the patient’s condition and symptoms. When there is no further development of brain injury or frequent vomiting and the patient has the requirement of eating, resumption of diet can be considered.
In the early stage of brain injury, the bedridden patient will cause a significant reduction in activity, gastrointestinal peristalsis weakened digestive function, at this time should be given a soft, easy-to-digest diet, such as rice porridge, vegetable porridge, noodles and so on.
A week or so as the patient’s condition improves, in order to promote the recovery of the patient’s physical condition, it is recommended to gradually increase the high protein diet, such as eggs, fish, shrimp, beef and so on.
For patients with brain injury, appropriate consumption of walnuts, peanuts and other foods rich in unsaturated fatty acids, the patient’s brain cell function and memory recovery has a certain degree of help.
Brain injury patients need to eat what good depends on the patient’s specific situation, it is recommended to go to the neurosurgery department of the regular hospital, listen to the doctor’s guidance.