Can I drink soy milk if I have gastroenteritis?

Gastroenteritis is a disease that more and more people are suffering from nowadays. Gastroenteritis can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and even fever in patients, which is very harmful to human health. Soy milk is a very nutritious food, containing rich protein, vitamins and other nutrients. It is the drink that many people choose for breakfast nowadays and it is a health food suitable for most people. So, can people with gastroenteritis eat soy milk?

Patients with gastroenteritis should try to eat less soy products, because soy products will aggravate the condition. In addition, they should eat less foods with high protein content. It is recommended to eat more easily digestible foods.

The main clinical manifestations of gastroenteritis include abdominal pain, diarrhea, loose watery stools or mucus, pus and blood in the stools. Some patients may have fever and a feeling of tenesmus, so it is also called infectious diarrhea. Gastroenteritis is divided into two categories: acute and chronic, depending on the length of the disease. The course of chronic enteritis is generally more than two months. Common clinical diseases include chronic bacillary dysentery, chronic amoebic dysentery, schistosomiasis, nonspecific ulcerative enteritis and localized gastroenteritis.

However, no matter it is acute or chronic gastroenteritis, people with gastroenteritis should choose foods rich in protein and high in calories, such as porridge, noodles, eggs, fish, shrimp, beans, etc. At the same time, they need to supplement vitamins A, B, and C, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, preferably apples, persimmons, pomegranates, etc., which contain tannic acid and pectin, which have the effect of astringent and antidiarrheal. You can eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as yam, lotus seeds, soybeans, lentils, coix seeds, bananas, etc.

Bean foods are rich in protein and have extremely high nutritional value. It also has the functions of increasing nutrition, aiding digestion and improving appetite. People with enteritis can also eat it to supplement the body with high protein, but because soybeans are cold in nature, people with cold stomach and weak spleen should not eat too much. Moreover, soy products are high in protein, and eating too much can easily cause abdominal bloating and pain, and increase the burden on the kidneys.

Therefore, patients with gastroenteritis should pay attention to their diet: eat small meals frequently, which will be helpful for treatment, and also maintain a happy mental state.