Cirrhosis is a common chronic liver disease that can be caused by one or more causes of liver damage, with progressive, diffuse, fibrous lesions in the liver. Early stages of cirrhosis can be asymptomatic, while later stages present with a range of different degrees of portal hypertension and liver dysfunction until death from complications such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding and hepatic encephalopathy. The liver and body condition of patients with cirrhosis are already very fragile, so they should pay great attention to the following taboos in their diet: 1. Rough food swallowed into the stomach without chewing slowly, it may pierce or abrade the blood vessels and cause hemorrhage. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common complication and one of the causes of death in patients with cirrhosis, so do not be careless. 2, avoid alcohol long-term alcohol consumption can lead to alcoholic gastritis and even alcoholic cirrhosis. Drinking alcohol can also cause epigastric discomfort, loss of appetite and protein and vitamin B deficiency. In addition, alcohol has a direct toxic effect on liver cells. 3, avoid eating spicy food cirrhosis, portal hypertension will cause the lower esophagus, gastric fundus and anal vein expansion, and cirrhosis is often complicated by gastric mucosal erosion and ulcer disease. Patients who eat chili peppers and other spicy food, will prompt the gastric mucosa congestion, peristalsis enhanced, thereby inducing upper gastrointestinal bleeding, causing anal burning pain and increased stool, aggravating hemorrhoids, causing anal fissures. 4, do not eat too much salt cirrhotic patients with liver destruction of anti-diuretic function is weakened, so the urine volume is reduced, so that salt retention in the body, coupled with a decrease in plasma protein and swelling or ascites. Therefore, patients with cirrhosis should strictly control the intake of salt. Those with cirrhosis without ascites or mild ascites should not eat more than 5 grams of salt per day; those with severe edema should not consume more than 1 gram of salt. 5, avoid eating too much protein Cirrhosis patients eat more protein, not only can improve the plasma protein content, prevent or reduce the fat infiltration of the liver, but also can promote liver tissue recovery and regeneration. However, if the total amount of protein eaten at three meals a day exceeds the daily limit of 2-3.5 grams per kilogram of body weight, there will be side effects. Excess protein produces too much ammonia in the body, which the liver cannot convert into non-toxic substances for excretion, with the end result of liver coma. If a patient has already experienced hepatic coma or has precursors of hepatic coma, the protein intake should be more strictly limited and should not exceed 0.5 grams per kilogram of body weight per day. As you can see, for patients with cirrhosis, it is very important to adjust the protein intake according to the condition. 6, avoid eating too much sugar People know that hepatitis patients should be appropriate to give up some sugar. But cirrhotic patients are different, because the liver cells are seriously damaged when cirrhosis, the liver will be monosaccharide synthesis glycogen storage and part of the monosaccharide into fat function has been significantly reduced. At this time, if the patient then eat a lot of sugar for a long time, there will be diabetes complicating hepatic diabetes, adding difficulties to the treatment of cirrhosis. 7, avoid eating certain fish Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common complication and cause of death in patients with liver cirrhosis, and eating fish is often one of the causes of bleeding. Tuna, sardines, swordfish, mackerel these fish contain a kind of unsaturated organic acid called eicosapentaenoic acid, the content of up to 1-1.5%. It is most abundant in fish oil. The human body cannot synthesize eicosapentaenoic acid from other free fatty acids, and it is obtained entirely from food. One of the metabolites of eicosapentaenoic acid is prostacyclin, which can inhibit platelet aggregation, and patients with cirrhosis already have impaired coagulation factor production and low platelet count, and once they eat fish containing more eicosapentaenoic acid, the coagulation effect of platelets will be even lower, which can easily cause bleeding and is difficult to stop. Therefore, patients with cirrhosis who have a tendency to bleed are advised to prohibit the consumption of these four types of fish. Other fish contain much less eicosapentaenoic acid, such as carp, halibut, real snapper money. Patients with cirrhosis who want to increase protein in their body to eliminate ascites can eat carp soup.