Many patients are repeatedly hospitalized because of vomiting blood and coma, largely because they do not pay attention to the details of daily diet and life.
32 words can summarize the daily diet and life conditioning of cirrhotic patients: balanced nutrition, light and soft, more fruits and vegetables, less food and more meals, living in moderation, quit drinking and smoking, moderate exercise, cheerful and optimistic.
1.Recipes should be diversified
Patients with cirrhosis should provide sufficient calories, appropriate amount of protein, fat should be strictly controlled according to the condition and try to use vegetable oil, comprehensive and rich vitamins (recipes should be broad, fruits and vegetables should be more), to ensure balanced nutrition.
Try to choose more ingredients that the patient likes, cooking should be colorful, fragrant, thin, soft and easy to digest, seasoning can be used, do not overdo it, salt should be moderate (daily salt intake of no more than 5 grams is appropriate).
Rough, dry and hard food should not be eaten directly to prevent bleeding caused by rubbing the varices of the esophagus. So we should make rough food, make the rough food fine, soft, thin and then eat it, with serious esophageal varices should be fluid diet, upper gastrointestinal bleeding should be fasted.
2.Less food and more meals
Patients with cirrhosis should eat more vegetables and fruits, increase the intake of vitamins and trace elements, keep eating less and more meals, and should not eat too much in a single meal.
Especially in the emergence of ascites, pay more attention to reduce the amount of a single meal to eat, so as not to aggravate the abdominal distension. However, if you eat less, it will affect the recovery of liver function because of insufficient nutrient intake.
In addition, the decline in the reserve function of the liver also requires continuous replenishment of nutrients, so patients with cirrhosis are required to eat small amounts of multiple meals, which are generally divided into 5 to 7 meals depending on the condition. Sour milk or vegetable porridge can be used for extra meals in the morning, afternoon and at night.
When food can not meet the nutritional needs, some regular nutritional agents (preferably the drug approved) can be used to supplement, such as some enteral nutrition solution or nutritional powder, generally divided into amino acid type, short peptide type and whole protein type, liver cirrhosis is best to use the amino acid type, without digestion can be directly absorbed, will not cause increased ammonia production in the intestine. Also available short peptide type, caution with the whole protein type.
3, avoid drinking pure, fresh milk
Because pure, fresh milk contains too much lactose, easy to digest and absorb incomplete, and digestive residues to the colon by bacterial decomposition and produce ammonia and some other toxins, thus increasing the burden on the liver, causing abdominal distension, and can induce hepatic encephalopathy and intestinal infections.
The sour milk has been fermented, the lactose component is converted into lactic acid, which is easily digested and absorbed, not only to supplement protein and calcium, but also to acidify the intestinal tract to inhibit ammonia production, supplement lactobacillus, regulate intestinal flora, and enhance immunity.
4.Keep the bowels open
Patients with cirrhosis should preferably have 2 to 4 bowel movements per day, once constipation is likely to cause hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous peritonitis. Urine to maintain 1500 ~ 3000 ml per day is appropriate, urine will reduce the amount of ascites and edema.
5.Regular living
Patients with cirrhosis should avoid staying up late, excessive Internet surfing, watching TV, playing mahjong and other overworked things.
Quit smoking and alcohol, alcohol in the body is mainly metabolized through the liver, drinking alcohol will increase the burden on the liver, so you should try not to drink alcoholic beverages; smoking is known to be harmful to health, smoking will directly suppress the body’s immune function, resulting in a significant increase in the chances of malignant tumors, including liver cancer.
6.Appropriate exercise
Patients with liver cirrhosis are not allowed to do strenuous exercise, and generally can only do aerobic exercise such as walking and other light activities. Heavy varices of the esophagogastric fundus should not be too much activity, especially patients with gastrointestinal bleeding must rest in bed.
7.A positive and optimistic state of mind
A positive and optimistic state of mind is the prerequisite for a coordinated and healthy body, the key to good immunity, and a good immune state is the only way to avoid serious infections and tumors and other diseases.
A depressed state of mind may be replaced by a tumor growth, and an angry rant followed by a possible cost of vomiting blood. So cherish your life and maintain your health by cultivating your body and mind, starting with every little thing you do.
Hepatitis B cirrhosis can be controlled, and the latest research has found that cirrhosis can also be reversed. As long as you do it seriously and insist on it, a good life still belongs to you! May every patient with cirrhosis of liver B be optimistic and cheerful, actively treat, follow up regularly, recover smoothly and enjoy the healthy and happy life they deserve.