What is the most nutritious food to eat after brain tumor surgery?

Patients who have undergone brain tumor surgery should make relevant adjustments in their diet, because diet can replenish nutrients to the body in a timely manner and help patients recover better. Patients who undergo brain tumor surgery can eat small meals frequently after the operation, because those who have just undergone surgery may not have much appetite, but they still need to eat in moderation to maintain the body's nutrition.

What to eat after brain tumor surgery?

Eat small meals frequently, with each meal less than 200 ml. The interval time should be greater than 2 hours to prevent indigestion; the food temperature should be 38-40℃ to prevent scalding the patient; the head of the bed should be raised 15°-30°, and the patient's position should not be changed within half an hour after eating to prevent food reflux.

In the early stage after meningioma surgery, when gastrointestinal function has not fully recovered, you should try to avoid gas-producing foods such as milk and sugar to prevent intestinal bloating. If the extraction of brown liquid indicates bleeding in the digestive tract, the patient should temporarily stop eating or infuse ice liquid. Eating can be allowed only after the bleeding stops. A high-calorie, high-protein, high-nutrition, low-salt diet is recommended. Avoid the increase in blood pressure caused by the retention of sodium ions in the body, which in turn leads to increased intracranial pressure.

1. Eat a light diet. After the operation, the patient's body is very weak, the digestive function is seriously reduced, and he often suffers from loss of appetite and aversion to greasy food. Therefore, the patient's diet should be light.

2. Take vitamin C. Due to the severe lack of nutrients in the body, vitamin C has a good anti-cancer effect. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables and taking in as many vitamins and nutrients as possible, especially vitamin C, is very helpful for the patient's health.

3. Patients should eat foods that have the effect of preventing and treating intracranial hypertension: corn silk, red beans, walnut kernels, seaweed, carp, duck meat, Ulva, kelp, crab, and clams.

4. It is advisable to eat foods that have the function of protecting intracranial blood vessels: celery, shepherd's purse, chrysanthemum brain, wild rice stem, sunflower seeds, kelp, jellyfish, oysters, and clams. It is advisable to eat foods that can fight against brain tumors, such as wheat, barley, water chestnut, jellyfish, asparagus, fried geckos, fried scorpions, fried centipedes, fried silkworm pupae, horseshoe crabs, and kelp.

5. It is advisable to eat foods that have the functions of protecting against chemotherapy and curing side effects: shiitake mushrooms, white fungus, black fungus, day lily, walnuts, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, kiwi fruit, sheep blood, pig blood, goose blood, chicken blood, lotus seeds, mung beans, coix seeds, crucian carp, green beans, sturgeon, shark, plum, almonds, and bergamot.

6. Eat small meals frequently. The patient's digestive function is severely reduced at this time, so when eating, the patient should chew carefully, swallow slowly, use the mouth instead of the stomach, and eat small meals frequently to reduce the burden on the stomach and avoid irritating the wound and affecting wound healing.