What do you eat on a preoperative diet for intestinal polyps?



Patients need to keep their bowels dry for two days before surgery for intestinal polyps. They should eat a liquid diet, such as a liquid diet with little or no residue, and they need to keep their intestines clean on the day of surgery not to eat or drink.

1. Two days before surgery: Eat food that is easy to digest and less residue. There are many kinds of food, in terms of staple food including rice porridge, rice paste, lotus root powder, chaos, noodles, sliced bread and pudding cake. If patients need to supplement nutrients, they can add some meat, fruits and vegetables.

2. On the day of surgery: Fasting before surgery and taking oral intestinal cleansing agents, such as polyethylene glycol electrolytes, as prescribed by the doctor, to empty the intestines, thus creating a good surgical field of vision.

In addition, do not eat spicy, stimulating food, less oil, less salt food is better. It is recommended that the patient under the guidance of the doctor scientific diet. Medications should be applied under the guidance of the doctor.