What should not be eaten for otitis media? Pay attention to your diet

Otitis media is a common disease that many people have suffered from and is prone to recurrence. There are various reasons for this, which cannot be listed one by one. This requires patients with otitis media to pay attention. To avoid recurrence, do you know what you cannot eat for otitis media? Today I will explain to you in detail the dietary taboos for patients with otitis media. If you are interested, let’s take a look.

1. Avoid fishy and greasy foods

Patients with otitis media should avoid eating chicken, fish, crab, sow meat, donkey meat, goose, shrimp, pork head, horse meat, mutton, leek and other foods in their daily diet, because these foods can easily generate heat and fire, causing the inflammation to spread.

2. Avoid spicy food

The second is that people with otitis media should never eat spicy foods such as chili, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, Sichuan pepper, mustard, galangal, onion, and garlic, because they are all warm, spicy and dry, and can easily turn into fire and damage yin, which will make the symptoms more serious.

3. Avoid salty or pickled foods

Common pickled foods include pickles, salted duck eggs, sauerkraut, bacon, etc. These foods can easily generate heat, cause thirst, and aggravate otitis media.

4. Avoid hard and chewy foods

Hard and difficult foods to chew are mainly various nuts, such as peanut kernels, watermelon seeds, pistachios, etc. These foods are difficult to chew and can aggravate the pain of otitis media.

5. Avoid smoking and drinking

Patients with otitis media should also quit smoking and drinking, and eat more fresh vegetables that have heat-clearing and anti-inflammatory effects, such as celery, loofah, eggplant, shepherd's purse, cucumber, etc.

To sum up, patients with otitis media should be aware of the above dietary taboos, avoid eating spicy and irritating foods during the illness, quit smoking and drinking, and eat more light, easy-to-chew, easy-to-digest, and nutritious foods in their daily diet, such as porridge, steamed buns, sweet potatoes, tofu, rice, noodles, egg custard, mung bean sprouts, lean meat soup, etc. In addition, patients with otitis media should strengthen physical exercise, improve their physical fitness and avoid colds.