Pituitary tumors are tumors that occur in the pituitary gland, also commonly referred to as pituitary adenomas, and are one of the common neuroendocrine tumors, accounting for approximately 10-15% of central nervous system tumors. The vast majority of pituitary adenomas are benign tumors. So what is good to eat after pituitary tumor surgery?
Post-operative diet should be nutritious and light and easy to digest. To keep the bowel movement smooth, please eat more coarse fiber-rich foods, such as celery, sesame, banana, etc. Eat less spicy and greasy food, and catfish is not suitable. The following points are to be noted by pituitary tumor patients after surgery.
1. Fasting on the day after surgery. If there is no complication such as gastrointestinal bleeding and swallowing disorder, a liquid diet can be introduced. In case of postoperative uremia, it is advisable to have a light diet, pay attention to hydration, and monitor electrolytes to prevent water and electrolyte balance imbalance. For patients with postoperative swallowing dysfunction, nasal feeding of liquid diet with gastric tube should be retained.
2. The diet should be regular, quantitative and small meals. Avoid eating with large mouth and chewing hard, and pay attention to keep the mouth clean before and after meals.
3, adhere to a low-fat diet, often eat some lean meat, eggs and yogurt. Eat more food containing vitamin A, C and E, and more green vegetables and fruits.
What to eat after pituitary tumor 4.Eat foods that can inhibit carcinogenic effects, such as skunk cabbage, cabbage, carrot, rape, garlic, vegetable oil, fish, etc.
5.Pituitary tumor patients can also use foods with high phospholipid content for brain health after surgery, such as egg yolk, fish, shrimp, walnuts, peanuts, etc.
6, but also consciously choose more food to protect the eyes, such as eggs, animal liver, kidney, carrots, spinach, millet, cabbage, tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, wolfberry, etc..
7, do not eat salt cured, smoked, fire baked and fried food, especially baked battered and caramelized food. Avoid tobacco, alcohol, spicy, cold and other irritating foods and coffee, strong tea and other excitatory drinks.
8, the patient early postoperative gastrointestinal function is not fully recovered, as little as possible into milk, sugar food, to prevent its digestion after the production of excessive gas, causing intestinal flatulence.