How to care for patients with intestinal fistula after surgery

Post-operative care for patients with enterocutaneous fistula is a very big issue, unlike other post-operative care. If everything goes well in other surgeries, routine care is sufficient for incision care and dietary care while in the hospital, including getting out of bed early. However, because of the complexity of intestinal fistula patients, the surgery is also very complicated, and they may carry many tubes and may have to have a fistula, etc., so general care alone will not work. It requires various treatments under the guidance of a doctor, guidance on the patient’s diet, and a special ostomy association for ostomy care. There are several treatment principles for intestinal fistulas: 1, to adequately drain, tubes should be put in place, antibiotics to fight infection when needed; 2, patients with intestinal fistulas can supplement nutrition by inputting fluids; 3, during the hospital there are also good canned or bagged nutrition, but home must improve patient nutrition that is protein, fat, amino acids. Containing protein most common milk, eggs, including meat, fish. Sugar is a better access to nutrients, fat is also easier to obtain, although sometimes think that fat is not good, the actual fat in the human body is also very important nutrients, people can not be without fat. So vegetable oil, peanut oil, canola oil, including animal oil can actually; 4, trace elements, the body needs iron, calcium, copper, sodium, etc., to maintain a balanced diet, in fact, the best vitamins are absorbed from fresh fruits and vegetables. Ensure that fresh vegetables and fruits, the basic vitamins will be sufficient. So nutritional support must first ensure that all kinds of nutrients have to be available and well-matched. To ensure freshness, but also be careful not to eat in a messy way. Quit drinking and smoking, so an adequate diet is helpful. Patients with intestinal fistula base to check what is missing, and then appropriate supplementation, you can also buy finished products suitable for intestinal fistula patients in the hospital to eat, based on the basic diet to be added, intestinal fistula patients diet treatment must be under the guidance of doctors.