The dietary care after tonsil surgery can be divided into three periods.
The first period is the dietary care within 24 hours after surgery. 6 hours after general anesthesia, patients can eat cold drinks, such as cold milk, pure ice cream without impurities, etc., which can be contained in the mouth and then slowly swallowed to help stop pain and bleeding; if there is no bleeding after 3 hours, you can start to eat a cold liquid diet, such as soy milk and soups. Be sure to pay attention to the temperature of food, to cold food is appropriate. Fruits and fruit juices contain fruit acids, which may cause pain and affect wound healing, so it is better to eat less or not.
The second period is the dietary care within 24 hours to 1 week after surgery. The second day after surgery, pay attention to the “three more”: more speech (avoid shouting), more mouth rinsing, more food, cold semi-liquid food, such as thin rice, noodles, etc., should not be hard, should not eat fried food, and rinse the mouth after each meal. A small amount of food should be eaten, and active eating can promote the healing of the wound.
The third period is 7 to 10 days after surgery, at this time the patient often because the pain of the incision is reduced, and eat a week of semi-liquid and hunger, often ask to eat some solid food, such as dry rice, bread, etc., do not know that a week after tonsil surgery is the secondary bleeding period, improper feeding at this time can cause hemorrhage, so this time to eat must not be taken lightly, should continue to semi-liquid diet for 3 to 4 days, to be operated The white membrane of the traumatized surface should be completely removed before eating normally. Generally speaking, the white membrane will fall off 10 days to half a month after surgery.
In general, avoid heavy physical labor and forceful bowel movement for one month after surgery. Pay attention to oral cleaning and rinsing before and after eating. Return to the hospital one week after discharge to check the condition of the surgical wound.