Can I eat and drink after an OB/GYN surgery?

The most common questions asked by patients and their families after obstetrics and gynecology patients’ surgeries and before discharge from the hospital are: Doctor, can I eat seafood? Doctor, can I eat chicken? Doctor, can I eat fruit? The list goes on and on. In the Chinese New Year, people who have been busy for a year can’t help but eat a lot of meat and fish, eat and drink to treat themselves, eat more, move less, and grow fat. But the suffering of these people who have just done obstetrics and gynecology surgery, do not just stand by and watch others happy, they can only secretly swallow saliva? In fact, I have always felt that there is nothing to say on this topic, three words of truth: you can eat. But this answer is slightly simpler, we still need to preach a little. The first few days after the operation, this time are usually living in the hospital, there is nothing to worry about, according to the doctor’s orders, the hospital will supply the diet, according to eat on it. After the surgery, the first thing the doctor asks every morning when he sees the patient is always, “Have you farted yet?” Don’t be surprised, this is to find out if your gastrointestinal function has recovered. Obstetrics and gynecology surgery, basically will not move to the intestines, so after the postoperative anesthesia reaction, you can eat appropriate fluids (soup), surgery time is short, you can also eat some semi-liquid (congee, rotten noodles) and other easily digested and absorbed food. After farting, you can gradually eat a little better, and after the bowel movement is smooth, you can eat whatever you want. After the operation home to be able to go home, then congratulations, the doctor thinks you recovered well. Nowadays, people live well, and a normal diet is basically enough for nutrient intake. We often joke that you can eat anything as long as it’s not poison. Of course, there are some small principles that you should pay attention to, such as: try not to eat bad things, then you will have diarrhea, if coupled with vomiting, which may cause wound pain, affect wound healing, because the abdominal pressure will increase when vomiting; try not to eat too much, then you will be difficult to bear; try not to eat too greasy or too sweet things, that is actually not very comfortable; try not to drink too much alcohol, do not smoke, because even if not surgery, the doctors think that you can not eat too much. Don’t smoke, because even if you don’t have surgery, that’s what I recommend; try not to eat too much too often, plus you may subconsciously move less after surgery, so it’s easy to put on weight fast, which is kind of not very palatable for a girl; …… Can I eat chicken after my uterine fibroids surgery? Eat, why not. I haven’t heard that eating chicken can still grow fibroids. What about seafood? Eat. Aren’t shrimps hairy? What’s hairy! High protein is good for wound growth. Similarly, many tumor patients often have these concerns after the knife, the people often say, hair can not eat. But, in fact, there is little evidence that chicken, duck, fish and mutton will cause myoma or tumor. So, don’t think so much, like to eat, just eat. Cordyceps to eat some to replenish vital energy? If you can buy real wild Cordyceps, you should eat it. It doesn’t do any good, but it doesn’t do any harm either. But the cordyceps on the market, let’s not talk about it, if you eat too much of it, heavy metal overload is a possibility. What to eat after giving birth? Diet during menstruation has traditionally been very delicate. Doctors will generally warn women, the evil dew is still much time, do not eat some blood things, such as jujubes, cinnamon, etc.; milk is not yet through the time, soup and water to eat a little less, easy to milk; through the words, eat more, and then appropriate to eat some high-protein things, so that the nutrition of the milk will be a little bit better; maternal constipation is relatively more people, so you can eat a little bit of fiber-rich vegetables, fruits. Other than that, there is not much to talk about. In general, obstetrics and gynecology after surgery patients, after going home, do not have to deliberately eat what, do not eat what, the daily diet at home can be, chicken, duck, fish and mutton nutrition are good, fruits and vegetables should not be less, the Spring Festival do not overeat, moderate rest to recover quickly.