Home doctor: diet after removal of appendicitis

Diet after removal of appendicitis requires that a person observe certain restrictions. Many people, thinking that they are feeling good and ready to start eating the same way as before the surgery, make a mistake and are in a hurry to include in their menu products that are "prohibited". Such irresponsibility is fraught with serious consequences: the inflammation of the appendix can have many complications. If you do not want to encounter them, the diet after removal of appendicitis should be observed very strictly, without any kind of indulgence.

Conditionally postoperative diet can be divided into two parts: in the first days after discharge from the hospital and during the rehabilitation period.

First days. What can you eat?

At the very beginning, the diet after removal of appendicitis must necessarily consist of products that are easily absorbed by the body. It is best to use them in the form of puree. But milk and solid foods have so far need to be excluded completely from the diet. Take food in small portions to the digestive system was easier to cope with the load. Doctors recommend eating around 6 times a day.

Here is the list of products that should be in the patient's postoperative menu:

• Fruit juices (freshly squeezed, diluted with water);
• Rice broth;
• Broth of dogrose and tea (not strong) with a small amount of sugar;
• Jelly and jelly;
• Fat free broth.

Nutrition during the rehabilitation period

After three or four days, you can gradually enter into the menu other products. However, you should do this carefully, listening to the reaction of your own body. If after a meal with a "new" product you feel heaviness, nausea, pain and other unpleasant sensations, you should temporarily remove it from the menu and consult a doctor.

What does the diet after removal of appendicitis during this period include?

• Fermented milk products (low-fat kefir, yoghurt, cottage cheese);
• Steamed porridge;
• vegetables fruits;
• Soups-mashed potatoes;
• Low-fat cream and unsalted butter;
• Meat and fish (boiled, defatted).

In addition, eating after appendicitis requires a person to consume a sufficient amount of fluid. In the postoperative period per day you need to drink at least 2000 ml of water. Drink follows 30-40 minutes before the meal or an hour after its completion.

Categorically, it is impossible after the operation to eat salty and fatty foods, smoked products, alcohol, carbonated drinks and all sorts of spices.

If the patient's condition improves steadily, then 2-3 weeks after the operation, he can gradually return to his usual diet. However, any changes in the diet should be agreed with the doctor and, as already said at the outset, to comply with all the regulations. Otherwise, you can delay the moment of your final recovery with your own hands. Finally, it must also be said that nutrition after removal of appendicitis involves very thorough chewing of food.

Observing all the above rules, you can go through the postoperative period without complications and difficulties and quickly return to normal life.

Be healthy!