How to treat gastroenteritis, diet adjustment is also needed

The most common type of gastroenteritis is acute. To treat acute gastroenteritis, you need to remove the causes of the disease, get more rest, and dietary adjustment is also the most important. Proper dietary adjustment during the acute attack period, recovery period, and improvement period will be beneficial to recovery.

1. Acute phase:

Fasting or liquid diet should be adopted as appropriate, and the food should mainly consist of nutritious, easily digestible soft food.

Patients with acute gastroenteritis can generally choose clear liquid soft food after vomiting stops, and pay attention to eating small meals frequently, 6 to 7 meals a day is appropriate. At the beginning, you can give a small amount of rice soup, lotus root powder, almond cream, etc. When the symptoms are relieved and the frequency of bowel movements decreases, you can change to full liquid food, such as adding steamed egg custard, salted egg yolk rice paste, lotus seed rice paste, thick rice soup with egg drops, carrot rice paste and other foods. Try to avoid gas-producing and fat-rich foods such as milk and dairy products, sucrose, overly sweet foods, and meat.

2. Recovery period:

Patients with acute gastroenteritis can switch to a low-fat, low-residue, semi-liquid diet. They should still eat small meals frequently, 5 to 7 meals a day. At the beginning, the food intake per meal should not exceed 300 ml, and the amount can be gradually increased later. It is best not to eat high-fat, high-sugar and highly irritating foods. The optional foods include: skim milk, steamed egg custard, millet porridge, lotus seed porridge, egg dragon beard noodles, small noodles, steamed cakes, steamed buns, etc. The side dishes include fish, lean pork, minced chicken, shrimps, eggs, tofu, carrots, potatoes, winter melon, zucchini, cauliflower, etc. Snacks: lotus root powder, almond cream, etc.

3. If the condition improves further, you can gradually transition to soft food:

In case of acute gastroenteritis, attention should be paid to diet conditioning and maintenance, and eating regularly at fixed times and in fixed amounts to maintain the normal rhythm of digestive activities. You must not skip one meal and eat the next, especially avoid overeating and avoid eating before going to bed. You should avoid drinking strong tea, coffee, alcohol, etc.; avoid eating foods or taking medicines that irritate the stomach; avoid eating raw or cold foods, etc.