Dietary considerations for patients with short bowel syndrome

  1. The standard for water supplementation should be to maintain a urine volume of 800 to 1000 ml. Try not to exceed 1500 ml and not to go below 400 ml. Some patients report that when they drink too much water, the number of stools will be more, and this leads to burning-like pain in the anal area. Drinking less water, less urine, toxins can not be effectively removed, and kidney function will be damaged. Also pay attention to the way you drink water, it is best to take a sip at a time and another sip a few minutes apart. As long as you are awake, you can always eat and drink.  2, the way you eat should also imitate drinking water, you should eat constantly, a meal can be eaten for a longer period of time. To change the habit of drinking water only when you are thirsty and eating only when you are hungry. The amount of three meals a day can be divided into six or more meals, and fully chew food.  3, once a month to recheck the routine blood, liver function, kidney function. If the indicators are normal, you can recheck every three months or six months.  4.When there is anemia, vitamin B12 100 micrograms can be injected intramuscularly 1 time/day for half a month 5.When there is bleeding is not easy to stop, vitamin K1 20 mg can be injected intramuscularly 1 time/day for half a month 6.If the intestine is particularly short, such as shorter than 50 cm, it is best to supplement one to two bags of pre-digested enteral nutrient solution such as Bupropion or Buplex daily, and preferably nasal feeding, in order to fully digest and absorb these important and expensive nutrients.  7. When the nutritional situation is particularly poor, such as pallor, very low albumin, and impaired liver and kidney function, it is best to be hospitalized for a period of intensive support.  8, if there is hair loss, it is best to take one tablet of gold vitamins or Schilkhorn orally every day, chew and crush it before swallowing it for better results.